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St John of Beverley

St John Of Beverley

Scarrington

Nottinghamshire

Coursed and squared rubble and ashlar with plain tile roofs.

Architectural Features

West tower, early C14, 2 stages, has 4 corner buttresses, 2 setoffs.

To west, doorway, early C14 with foliate and ball flower bands.

Above, C14 double lancet.

Second stage has 4 mid C14 cusped ogee headed bell openings.

To left, C16 triple lancet with moulded Tudor arched opening and hood mould.

To right again, C16 square headed double lancet with hood mould.

East end has shouldered headed lancet, C13 style, with hood mould and mask stops.

C14 tower arch, double chamfered and rebated, has imposts with moulded octagonal capitals.

Nave south arcade, early C14, 3 bays, has to east octagonal pier with moulded round base, round seat and restored foliate capital.

Roof has 2 C16 arched tie beams and C19 double tie beam.

That to east has stained glass to T. D. Readett-Bayley, signed "P and Q", 1956.

Chancel arch, C14 style, restored, double chamfered, has angel corbels as imposts.

Chancel north side has recess with a round shaft and moulded C14 lintel with mask boss on C19 corbels.

Stained glass and brass to Mary Marsh, signed "A. Hughes, London, 1870." East end has moulded sill band with central gable with crocketed finial.

Dentillated gradine and alabaster reredos with relief panels and mosaic cross, flanked by foliate tile panels.

C13 style east window has trefoil head, shafts, shaped hood moulds with stops and stained glass, 1846.

South side has to east, cove moulded piscina, C13 style, with hood mould and stops.

Eastern window has shafts and hood mould and stained glass, 1891.

Smaller window to west has stained glass, 1870.

C19 timber lectern.

C19 panelled softwood pulpit.

Font, 1662, poor condition, round shaft with tapered octagonal bowl, moulded rim, strapwork panels, and C19 cover.

Disused square font with chamfered corners and chamfered tapered square shafts.

C17 communion table, with heavy vase shaped turned legs, brackets to top rail with foliate panels.

Memorials include Classical marble and slate tablet, 1829, tablet 1902, marble and slate tablet with ramped top, serving as war memorial, c.1920.

Oval ashlar war memorial tablet with wreathed border, 1945.

C20 brass.