St John Northgate

INTERIOR: nave of five bays with colonnades of four Roman Doric columns without entablatures dividing nave from aisles

at the west end the C14 respond of the former medieval north arcade

FITTINGS: include the medieval font retained from the earlier church but recut, early C18 carved oak reredos, communion table and rails given to the church in 1734 by Bridget Price, and part of the original three-decker pulpit from which George Whitefield and John Wesley preached, pews of 1874 and choir stalls of 1882, two C18 wrought-iron mace rests.

STAINED GLASS: includes the east window 1880 by Camm Brothers of Smethwick as a memorial to Robert Raikes and Rev.Thomas Stock on the centenary of the foundation of the Sunday School movement in Gloucester.

MONUMENTS: include from the medieval church many floor slabs and on the north wall of the nave two brasses of figures from a memorial to John Semys, d.1540 and his two wives

on the north wall of the chancel a Baroque, gilded monument effigy to Thomas Price, Master of the Horse to Charles I and twice Mayor of Gloucester, d.1678, with an upright, upper half effigy

The top three metres of the steeple were removed in 1910 and are now a monument in St Lucy's Gardens [[2498745]]. There is now a ball finial instead

© David Smith

on the south wall a monument with a small recumbant effigy to his daughter, Dorothy Price, d.1693, both by Reeve of Gloucester

on the west wall monuments include several brought from St Michael's Church, Eastgate Street (qv) when the body of that church was demolished in 1953, including a cartouche to John Hyett, Alderman and twice Mayor of Gloucester, d.1711.