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St John the Baptist

St John The Baptist

Bottesford

Leicestershire

C13 nave

Architectural Features

aisles, C14 west tower and chancel.

Alterations recorded 1440.

South porch has set into its east wall a monument to William Brown, 1761.

3-bay C13 arcade, the octagonal piers with polygonal bases and capitals.

19 C15 poppyheads remain to later benches.

Octagonal C15 font with hollow sides to stem, each with 2 fleurons.

4 carved heads to base.

C15 screen of 3 cusped lights right and left of cusped ogee opening is so restored as to appear entirely C19.

Wall monument in chancel to Robert Sanderson, 1682.

Late reset 14th C. glass in the south chancel traceries. Depictions include two musicians.

Heads of chancel south windows contain fragments of late C14 stained glass.

Late reset 14th C. glass in the south chancel traceries. Depictions include two musicians.

© Julian P Guffogg