Church of St John the Baptist, Belper
Description: Church of St John the Baptist
Grade: II
Date Listed: 3 February 1966
English Heritage Building ID: 78437
OS Grid Reference: SK3524347532
OS Grid Coordinates: 435243, 347532
Latitude/Longitude: 53.0239, -1.4760
Location: A609, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 1HX
Locality: Belper
Local Authority: Amber Valley
County: Derbyshire
Country: England
Postcode: DE56 1HX
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Listing Text
THE BUTTS
1.
5167
(North side)
Church of St John
The Baptist
SK 3547 3/1 3.2.66.
II GV
2.
Church of England. Founded circa 1260 as a Forester's Chapel in Duffield
Frith. Small building of coursed stone rubble with single roof over nave
and chancel. Buttresses at east and west ends. Tiled roof has coped gables.
Bellcote at west end. Generally Early English period but restored in 1870.
South porch 1634. Interior: A very rare possession, a Pre-Reformation altar
table which has never been disturbed. (only 3 others known - Cox Derbyshire
Churches 1890). Sedilia, piscina. C15 font. Roof with 5 ancient beams -
probably reset. Building was used as a school sometime after the Reformation
Stands in picturesque churchyard.
Listing NGR: SK3524347532
Source: English Heritage
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