Church of St John The Baptist And Monson Mausoleum, South Carlton

Heritage listing

Details SK 97 NE SOUTH CARLTON NORTH STREET (north side) 5/67 Church of St.John the 30-11-66 Baptist and Monson Mausoleum G.V. I Parish church and Mausoleum. C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, 1851 mortuary chapel by Watkins, 1859 remodelling and restoration of church by Teulon. Coursed limestone rubble, banded slate roof. West tower, nave, chancel, north and south aisles, north chapel with mortuary chapel beyond. 2 stage tower, tall lower stage with belfry, moulded plinth, string course and hipped slate roof. C18 sundial to south side. West wall has a single C16 4 centred arched window with sunk spandrels, with above a single chamfered segmental headed light. The belfry has 2 light ogee cusped headed lights under flat hood moulds to each side. West wall of north aisle has a C19 2 light window. North aisle wall has 3 C19 lancets. West wall of mortuary chapel has a central 4 centred arched doorway with a segmental moulded head surround with base blocks and broad architrave, over the door is a coat of arms. Above the door a 5 light window with brattished transome set in a 4 centred concave moulded arch with hood mould rising to an ogee point beneath a pinnacle supporting a cross fleury at the gable and flanked by angled shafts rising from angel corbels and terminating in castellated finials. To either side of the front, buttresses contain niches with nodding ogee heads. The north side is blank except for the frieze at high level which contains 3 ogee headed vents. The east end of the mortuary chapel has a niche with elaborate pinnacled canopy. The north chapel east wall contains 2 C19 2 light windows with ogee heads to the lights. C14 chancel east window of 3 lights, with curvilinear tracery. Chancel south wall has 3 C19 lancet windows and a blank niche beneath. The south wall of t

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.