Building record 0437900000 - ST JOHN BAPTIST'S CHURCH

Summary

Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval parish church of St John the Baptist, Little Missenden

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Listed Building (I) 1332450: PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (DBC6938)
Planning Notification Area: Late Saxon and Medieval parish church of St John the Baptist, Little Missenden (DBC9706)

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Type and Period (1)

PARISH CHURCH (10th Century to 18th Century - 900 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

List of rectors/vicars 1235-1810 (B1).
Parish church built of small flints covered with roughcast. A chancel and nave probably existed pre-1120 when N aisle added. Present chancel 13th century. W tower, S porch of 15th century. Full description and plan (B2-3).
Core is Anglo-Saxon (B5-6,B8).
NGR to church (B7).
Grade I. C10 or C11 Anglo-Saxon core, C12 arcades, early English chancel, early C14 north chapel, C15 timber framed porch and west tower. Exterior of south aisle brick, C18. Flint with limestone dressings, some roughcast. Old tile roofs, aisles lead roofed. Modern vestry to north in C18 style, roughcast, hipped tiled roof by Quinlan Terry. Wall Paintings: St Christopher, Martyrdom of St Catherine, Passion, Crucifixion and Archangel Gabriel, all C13. Seven Deadly Sins C15, Nativity and Majesty C14. Brasses and Monuments. C12 'Aylesbury' font (B10).
Watching brief carried out in June 2010 by John Moore Heritage Services during repairs to a grave slab in the north chapel floor recorded 3 fragments of disarticulated human bone and fragments of medieval decorated floor tile in the uppermost 0.05m fill of the underlying grave. The finds were reburied under the slab. See report for detail (B11).

Sources (12)

<1>SBC26952 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 2). Volume 2. pp397-399.
<2>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. pp358-359.
<3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. pp358-359.
<4>SBC15172 Article in serial: E W Tristram & E Clive Rouse. 1932. 'LITTLE MISSENDEN WALL PAINTINGS AND CHURCH STRUCTURAL FEATURES', IN RECS OF BUCKS 12 PP308-323. Vol 12, part 6.
<5>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. pp192-193.
<6>SBC7137 Unpublished document: R G Knight. ANGLO-SAXON CHURCHES OF CENTRAL AND S.BUCKS PP38-45 (TYPESCRIPT THESIS). pp38-45.
<7>XYSBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560. [Mapped feature: #2940 ]
<8>SBC15033 Bibliographic reference: TAYLOR H M 1978 ANGLO-SAXON ARCHITECTURE 3 P1074.
<9>SBC19452 Unpublished document: Haggerty B. 1981. Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire.
<10>SBC20013 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1982. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Chalfont St Giles &C. p29.
<11>SBC23885 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2010. An Archaeological Watching Brief at St John the Baptist Church, Little Missenden.
<12>SBC26250 Bibliographic reference: Rev W H Davis, E W Tristram, D Litt, T Higham. 2006. A Guide to the Church & Parish of St John the Baptist, Little Missenden.

Location

Grid reference	SU 92094 98990 (point)
Civil Parish	LITTLE MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire