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St John the Baptist

St John The Baptist

Yaverland

Isle of Wight

Church. C1150 nave and chancel built as a private chapel by the de Aula family of Yaverland Manor, with some late C13 windows by the Russell family of Yaverland Manor

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Architectural Features

C15

C15 Perpendicular chancel windows, hagio- scope and opening for rood loft dating from the period when the building became a parish church, with North aisle, organ chamber, vestry and bell turret added by Ewan Christian in 1889.

CARVINGS

South doorway of cll50 has one order of columns and a tympanum with a small chip carved repeat pattern.

CARVINGS

Mass dial carved into left-hand side.

CARVINGS

Consecration cross carved on right jamb of doorway.

TUDORCARVINGS

Gable has carved bargeboards and Tudor arched door with trefoil in spandrels.

C15

Interior C15 pillar piscina by south door.

SZ6185 : St John the Baptist, Yaverland: font
C12C13FONT

C12 or C13 octagonal stone font.

SZ6185 : St John the Baptist, Yaverland: font

© Basher Eyre

NORMAN

Norman chancel arch with 1 order of columns with zigzag decoration and zigzag decoration above arch.

TUDORC15

C15 hagioscope south of the chancel arch and triple window above chancel arch with cinquefoil heads in Tudor arch.

FIGURES

Marble and mosaic reredos by C E Ponting with figures by Frampton.