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St John Baptist

St John Baptist

Saxmundham

Suffolk

SAXMUNDHAM TM3862 CHURCH STREET 841-1/4/6 (South side) 18/07/49 Church of St John Baptist (Formerly Listed as: SAXMNUDHAM CHURCH LANE Church of St John the Baptist) II* Parish church.

Architectural Features

C14 west tower: south chapel at east end of south aisle 1308 for Robert Swann, restored 1948: north aisle rebuilt 1853 by Henry Roberts: restoration 1872-73 by RM Phipson including rebuilding of south aisle, removal of south porch and partial reconstruction of chancel: north transeptal vestry added 1907-8 by Brown & Burgess of Ipswich.

Arched west door below 2-light Y-traceried window with C15 stained glass in vesica head.

Restored late C15 hammerbeam nave roof supported on moulded wall posts resting on corbels in form of singing angels.

Arch-braced aisle roofs, to the north entirely C19, the south early C16, with pierced spandrels.

FITTINGS: octagonal C15 font with wild men and lions against the stem

angels bearing shields and lions alternate against the bowl.

Cinquefoiled early C15 piscina in south chapel.

MONUMENTS: various C19 tablets and monuments to Long family of Hurts Hall including tablet to Charles Long, d. 1812, by Nollekins: weeping winged cherub with extinguished torch before an obelisk (chancel north wall).

Monument to Charles Long, Baron Farnborough, d. 1838, by Sir Richard Westmacott, a tablet with a profile bust (chancel north wall).