No longer in use, the church of St John the Baptist at Plumpton, was almost completely rebuilt in 1822 by the landown Jesus College Oxford.
The simple Georgian interior retains a number of the features of the original building including the box pews, benches and commandment boards.
The font is mid C17, and the chancel retains the original painted stencil work of stars and sun among painted architectural columns. The south arcade east wall has a marble tablet to the memory of Anne Moore (d1683).
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The church nave is from the C12, with a late C13 south aisle. The north aisle and chancel are from C14, including the priests room.
Font and corbel heads.
Clayton and Bell, can be found at St Michael’s church Warmington, Warwickshire. The four scenes show the descent from the cross; the Resurrection; the Ascension; and the Descent of the holy spirit. In the tracery St Michael is shown defeating the dragon. The church contains two other Clayton and Bell stained glass windows, one depicting the Nativity and Supper at Emmaus in separate lights. The other window of two lights depicts the Presentation of Jesus in the temple, and Mary of Magdalene recognising the Ressurected Jesus.
The other stained glass window is probably by Frank Holt of Warwick, the partner of William Holland.
Two memorials to the children of Rev William Harrison. The first commemorates four sons, the second two children who died within 11 days of scarlet fever.
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St Luke’s church at Cold Higham is a C13 building with a Norman saddleback roof tower. Currently on the “Heritage At Risk Register” which states that “structural movement to the east end has occurred leaving the masonry vulnerable to water ingress and there is erosion of all ironstone; this is a particular concern at high level on the tower.” On the outside wall on the south side of of the chancel is a C14 tomb recess.
The church yard contains a number of C17 and C18 grave stones.
The three light curvilinear east window dates from the early C14, and the south wall has a leper squint into the south chapel, which is now blocked by the tomb monument to Sir John de Patteshall (d1349). See also Radstone. The nave is of 4 bays.
The tomb consists of an effigy of a cross legged knight made from oak, with the knights feet resting on a lion.
There are two windows containing victorian stained glass a 1-light window of Matha and Mary with Jesus, and a 2-light window depicing Mattew and Mark.
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The church of St. Peter at Aston Flamville retains in C13 chancel and a Norman window in the nowth wall. The rest of the church was rebuilt in the 1873/4.
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The church of St Peter at Market Bosworth was built from the early to mid C14.
View of chancel from nave and of the nave from the chancel.
The hexagonal font is C14 and consists of sculpted shields beneath ogee arches.
The five light east window is by Kempe (1900) and shows the Annunciation, Madonna and child, and Epiphany. Another three light window in the south aisle is by Kempe and consists of St George, St Peter, and the Virgin Mary.
Other stained glass in the church are Chist surrounded by the four evangelists, the good Samaritan, and a mid C20 Madonna and Child.
The stained glass window depicting the Supper at Emmaus is dated 1925 and dedicated to the rector Percy Harris Bowers.
There are two monuments of note an early C19 casket dedicated to Wolston Dixie, his wife and nine children. The old monument is of the Reverend John Dixie (d1719) which is a reclining woman and roccoco cartouche.
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