St John The Baptist
Enderby
Leicestershire
C14 West tower, remainder rebuilt 1867-8 by Edward Birchall of Leeds at expense of Charles Brook of Enderby Hall.
Architectural Features
middle stage has clocks with Tudor hoodmoulds
Remainder of church is in decorated style with moulded parapets broken by gabled finials of buttresses, traceried windows and carved stops to hoodmoulds.
Interior: Tower has ballflower moulding around west window and strange arch to nave with heavy roll mouldings on shafts with carved foliage capitals.
Carved heads are tucked between the outer mouldings of the arch on both east and west sides.
Label above arch has restored carved heads stops.
Nave arcades have 5 bays of moulded arches on quatrefoil piers, and moulded arches on qratrefoil piers, and moulded chancel arc rests on marble shaft corbels with carved foliage bases.
Similar single arch to organ chamber with carved figure of angel playing organ as label stop.
Fittings of c1868 include a carved stone reredos with texts in flanking gabled niches, an a square stone font with carved corners and squat shafts.
Stained glass in east window by Lavers, Barraud and Westlake 1868.