St John the Baptist's Church, Hellington
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Roofs slated and tiled}}
St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church standing to the south of the village of Hellington, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,{{NHLE |num= 1169361|desc= Church of St John the Baptist, Hellington|accessdate= 19 December 2013|mode=cs2}} and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.{{Citation | url = https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-john-hellington.html| title = Church of St John the Baptist, Hellington, Norfolk| accessdate = 2 December 2016| publisher = Churches Conservation Trust}}
History
Architecture
=Exterior=
The church is constructed in flint and brick with limestone dressings. The roofs of the nave and chancel are slated, and the porch roof is tiled. Its plan is simple, consisting of a nave with a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower is round and dates from the 12th century. The two-light bell openings were inserted in the 14th century. The parapet is from a later date, and is embattled. The south porch was added in the 14th century, and has been much patched and repaired since. On each side of the entrance are diagonally-set niches, and there are the remains of another niche in the gable above the entrance. On the west and east sides of the porch are three open arches. The south doorway is Norman in style with a round-headed arch. It is "very elaborate". The arch is carried on three orders of shafts, with capitals decorated with scallops and volutes. The arch also has three orders, decorated with fillets between them. The windows in the nave and chancel date from the 14th century and contain a variety of Decorated motifs. The east window has five lights and, above it, the gable carries a cross. In the north wall of the nave is a two-light square-headed window, and a Norman doorway with two orders of shafts. The north wall of the chancel, which has been re-built in brick, is supported by pilaster-buttresses, and a larger buttress at the southeast corner.
=Interior=
The tower arch is round-headed, and the chancel arch has a pointed arch. In the chancel is a 14th-century piscina with two arches. There are some fragments of medieval glass in the south chancel window. The font is octagonal, its bowl being decorated with quatrefoil panels. The stained glass in the east window dates from the middle of the 19th century, and was made by J. and J. King of Norwich.{{Citation | url = http://www.cvma.ac.uk/jsp/location.do?locationKey=1003&mode=COUNTY| title = Hellington: St John the Baptist| accessdate = 8 January 2011| publisher = Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (CVMA) of Great Britain}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hellington/hellington.htm Photographs of the exterior and interior from Norfolk Churches]
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Category:Church of England church buildings in Norfolk
Category:English churches with Norman architecture
Category:English Gothic architecture in Norfolk
Category:Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust