Church of St John the Baptist, Aldenham

Heritage listing

Details This list entry was subject to a minor enhancement to reformat the existing text and add information on subsidiary features on 3 May 2021. TQ 19 NW ALDENHAM ALDENHAM (South side) 6/3 Church of 1.9.53 St. John the Baptist GV I Parish Church with C12 origins, an early C13 west tower, a C13 chancel and a south chapel lengthened c1300. In c1340 the nave and south aisle were rebuilt. There is a mid-C15 north aisle, late C15 alterations and in the early C16 the chancel was widened to the north and the north vestry was added. In 1847 chancel restored by Talbot Bury. In 1882 the whole church was restored by A Blomfield and in 1905 was altered by C J Blomfield. Materials: knapped flint with ashlar Totternhoe dressings and Puddingstone in the tower. There are old red tiles to chancel roof and machine tiles elsewhere. Plan: the building has a roughly rectangular plan, and the nave and chancel are not aligned. Exterior: the nave and chancel have four bays each with aisles and chapels. The south aisle retains a restored C12 west window below a C14 quatrefoil. The C19 south porch is in timber and brick. To the south are three two-light windows of c1340. The clerestorey is lit by four two-light square-headed C15 windows. The nave roof has a shallow pitch. The larger north aisle has a three-light C16 west window, a restored entrance to the north and three two-light C15 windows. The building has corner diagonal buttresses and straight buttresses. A lead plaque dated 1717 commemorates former church wardens in the entrance bay. Continuing from the north aisle is a C15 north chapel of two bays, with a blocked doorway and two- and three-light windows. The chancel has a late-C19 east window with a coped gable-end parapet. To the south is a lancet, and to the north a half blocked lanc

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.