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St John The Baptist

Kings Caple

Herefordshire

C13 nave

Architectural Features

west tower early C14

chancel rebuilt and top stage of tower added late C14, Aramstone chapel and south porch c1400.

two cinquefoil- headed lights to western window, two trefoil-headed lights with quatrefoil to central window and large window with gable and three trefoil-headed lights and tracery, all to right of south porch: moulded plinth and moulded parapet, square-headed surround to doorway with decorative spandrels, 2-centred arched head to opening with moulded jambs, vaulted ceiling with diagonal and ridge ribs, and carved rose central boss, two trefoil-headed lights to returns.

C17 pulpit, four-sided with decorative panels

Monuments: recess in south wall of nave, with traces of ballflower ornament and late C13 coffin slab in recess.

many other monuments commemorating members of Woodhouse family. (RCHM, Vol II , p 95-96