This week the church explorer returns to St John the Baptist Kingston Bagpuse a place I visited back 2015, the church was locked at the time so I thought I would make some time to return for photos. As I was going to a nearby fencing company I looked up who to contact at St Johns and found one of the church wardens whom I contacted. He was happy to pen up on the day I was visiting and et me inside to get the photos I wanted.Not much to find on the church in Wikipedia but this is what is there :-
"The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist was designed by John Fidel of Faringdon and built in 1799–1800. The building was remodelled in 1882 to the designs of Edwin Dolby"
I took a few photos around the church before meeting the church warden which show the place has not changed. Above looking over from the south east side of the churchyard
After walking in the church at the back you look down the aisle to the apse
The altar and east window are in the apse
Over to the south side what was a chapel but now houses an organ
The organ once belonged to Tubney church which was under threat of closure
St John's church bought the organ from them and it was installed here. Tubney church is still open today and the reason a certain John Betjemen fought for it to remain open because Tubney was one of the few Pugin designed churches in the area and the organ is as well
Over to the side of the nave is the pulpit
Which gives this view of the nave
In the old chapel a few interesting memorials thigh the wording on this one is faded
but the carving is very intricate
The all seeing eye
Memorial to John Bandy
This one is to the Dean family, below the rolls of honour for both wars
This one listing the fallen from WWI
The second from WWII
Memorial to William Musgrave
Memorials to the Williams & Dean family's
Two differing memorials the top to John Sessions Barrett
One of the choir stalls in the church
They have electric light now but a reminder of the old ways are still there
4 comments:
A beautiful interior.
I love the east window and the pipe organ.
It's beautiful.
nice impressions!
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