St John the Baptist's Church, Mongewell

St John the Baptist's Church, Mongewell

Ruins of St John the Baptist parish church, Mongewell, from the southwest
St John the Baptist's Church, Mongewell
Location in Oxfordshire
Coordinates: 51°35′10″N 1°07′23″W / 51.586°N 1.123°W / 51.586; -1.123
OS grid reference SU610877
Location Mongewell, Oxfordshire
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website Churches Conservation Trust
History
Dedication Saint John the Baptist
Architecture
Functional status Redundant
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 9 February 1959
Architect(s) Lewis Wyatt,
James Wyatt (possibly)
Architectural type Church
Style Norman, Gothic
Specifications
Materials Flint with stone dressings
Brick tower. Tiled roof

St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church, now partly in ruins, in the hamlet of Mongewell, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The ruins stand on the east bank of the River Thames, next to the former Carmel College, to the north of Mongewell Park, 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Wallingford, and near The Ridgeway long-distance path.[2][3]

History

The church dates probably from the 12th century.[1] It was remodelled in picturesque Gothick style for Rev Shute Barrington late in the 18th century.[2] Barrington was Bishop of Durham and, when he died in 1826, was buried in the family vault in the church.[4] The church was restored under the direction of the architect Lewis Wyatt in 1880.[1] It was designated a Grade II listed building on 9 February 1959.[1] The church was declared redundant on 1 July 1981 and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 31 July 1985.[5] For access, the keyholder can be found nearby.[2]

Architecture

The church consists of a nave and a chancel with a west tower. It is built of flint with stone dressings. Brick buttresses support the nave walls. The tower is brick and the chancel roof is tiled. The nave has no roof. The lower part of the tower is round and the upper part is hexagonal with a battlemented parapet.[1] The chancel is in Norman style, and contains two 18th-century monuments. One of these consists of a tomb with the effigy of a man dressed in "Eastern costume" including a turban.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Historic England, "Former Church of St John the Baptist, Crowmarsh (1059580)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 December 2013
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Church of St John the Baptist, Mongewell, Oxfordshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 4 April 2011
  3. ↑ Mongewell Park, Streetmap, retrieved 4 April 2011
  4. ↑ Varley, E.A. (2009) [2004], Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, hosted at oxforddnb.com http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1534?docPos=14, retrieved 4 April 2011 Missing or empty |title= (help); |chapter= ignored (help) ((subscription or UK public library membership required))
  5. ↑ Diocese of Oxford: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, pp. 5–6, retrieved 4 April 2011

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