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St John The Baptist

Mathon

Herefordshire

Late C11 - C14 with C19 alterations.

Architectural Features

2 stage C14 west tower, 5 bay nave, south porch, 2 bay chancel, vestry.

Directly opposite south door is a blocked Norman north door with rope-moulding to lintol and shouldered jambs.

Blocked Norman semi-circular headed window to west of south porch.

Timber-framed porch on stone plinth, probably C16, to south door, with acanthus spandrels to south lintol and raking struts to roof.

East end of chancel has a pair of Norman windows with a roundel centrally placed above

Roof, possibly C16, of 6 bays of arch-braced single-collar trusses with 2 rows of wind-braces, the lower ones cusped.

Jacobean pulpit with C19 steps and balusters.

C14 - C15 muniment chest with strap hinges and multiple locks.

Floor monument to Allen Cliefe (sic) died 1752.

monument north of altar to Jane Walweyn, died 1617, consisting of deceased and husband kneeling at a prie-dieu.

The nave roof structure shows great similarity to that of the Church of St James, Colwall (qv) even in respect of inserted, probably C17 tie-beams.

Cliffe monument is a typical example of mis-spelling by an illiterate but otherwise competent craftsman.