Building record MDR6211 - St John The Baptist's Church, Church Street, Staveley
Type and Period (1)
- CHURCH (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
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Full Description
[SK 4335 7486] St. John the Baptist's Church. [TU]. (1, 7)
Staveley church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Nothing remains of the Domesday church except some fragments of incised slabs in two window cills in the south aisle. There is a late Norman font. The base of the tower is Early English and there is 14th century and Perpendicular work. The north aisle and south porch date from 1805. (2)
The church is in use for public worship. (3)
St John the Baptist. 13th century west tower with west door, tall west lancet window, tower arch to the nave with keeled semicircular responds. The upper parts are Perp (different stone), the battlements and pinnacles of 1681. The doorway also 13th century. The south aisle Perp; the north aisle of 1865-9 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. In the north aisle a curiously crude ogee-headed recess, from the nave north wall, with figures above each other in the flanking buttresses and fragments of painting on the back wall - possibly an Easter Sepulchre. The style is Perp. The most interesting part of the church is the Frecheville Chapel (south chancel aisle), slightly earlier than the glass in it dated 1676. The chancel clerestory is a 17th century addition. (5)
The parish church of Staveley is a large building incorporating work of several medieval dates; the earliest architectural features are in the lower part of the west tower, of circa 1200. The south aisle, apparently 14th century, has been built in two parts; the earlier eastern section has south windows with shoulder-headed lights. The internal sills of these windows are formed by medieval cross slab grave covers. These slabs have incised designs, somewhat obscured in parts by being whitewashed over. The design on one slab is of a simple cross rising from a stepped calvary base, possibly of late 11th-early 12th century date. In addition, there are two incised emblems, one on either side of the cross shaft, interpretation of which is uncertain at present. (6)
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SDR12080 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1955. 6".
- <2> SDR108 Bibliographic reference: Court, A. 1948. Staveley: Some Historical Notes, 2nd edition. 7ff.
- <3> SDR6482 Personal Observation: F1 WW 04-JUN-59.
- <4> SDR11098 Index: North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust (NDAT). North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust: 1827. 1827.
- <5> SDR12891 Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N. 1979. The Buildings of England: Derbyshire. 2nd ed., revised. pp 326-327.
- <6> SDR19737 Article in serial: Ryder, P. 1993. 'A medieval cros slab grave cover at St John the Baptist's church, Staveley', Trans Hunter Arch. Soc.. Volume 17, pp 71-73.
- <7> SDR23394 Photograph: Derbyshire Archaeological Society. Staveley Church, St. John the Baptist's Church.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 4335 7486 (48m by 26m) (Centre) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STAVELEY, CHESTERFIELD, DERBYSHIRE |
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- EDR797
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Record last edited
Sep 14 2017 11:30AM