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St John The Baptist

Great Amwell

Hertfordshire

Cll rectangular nave and smaller apsidal chancel, C15 W- tower, N-vestry 1836, restoration 1866 for Rev

Architectural Features

Red tile roofs with cut-back gable and lower tiling over E-apse

Original Norman low round headed chancel arch of 2 stepped orders on simple imposts, flanked by later squints

Original C15 traceried W- door and tower arch

C15 crown-post roof to chancel exposed

Recess for road-stair next Jacobean pulpit said to be a 3-decker from Croydon Palace presented by Robert Mylne and cut down in 1866 restoration

Early C19 wall monument by Hopper

C14 and C15 brasses

A small church of great antiquity retaining its Norman apse, found in only 2 other churches in county, and features of outstanding interest

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