St John the Baptist's Church, Mongewell

51.5861 - 1.1233Koordinaten: 51 ° 35 '10 " N, 1 ° 7' 24 " W

St John the Baptist 's Church is today partly in ruins lying redundant church building of the Anglican Church in the hamlet Mongewell in Oxfordshire, England. It was taken by English Heritage on February 9, 1959 Grade II on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest; it is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The ruins are on the east bank of the River Thames, in the neighborhood of the former Carmel College, north of Mongewell Park, four kilometers south of Wallingford and close to the Ridgeway, a Altstrasse and now a long-distance footpath.

History

The church was probably built in the 12th century and was rebuilt in the late 18th century in a picturesque Gothic Revival style - for Shute Barrington. Barrington was Bishop of Durham and was when he died in 1826, buried in the family vault in the church. The church was renewed in 1880 by L. Wyatt. On 1 July 1981, the church building was declared redundant and is the Churches Conservation Trust on 31 July 1985.

Architecture

The ground plan of the church consists of the nave and the chancel, with a steeple at the west end. The building is built of flint, other stones were used for decorative purposes. The walls of the nave are supported by buttresses of brick. The tower is built of brick, and the roof of the chancel is covered with tiles. About the nave, the roof is missing. The lower part of the tower is round, the upper part with a hexagonal gezinnter parapet. The chancel is constructed in the Norman style, and contains two grave monuments from the 18th century. In one of them a Gisant a man is in an Oriental garb, including a turban.