Church of St. John Evangelist Ovington, England
Listed Building Data
Church of St. John Evangelist has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1076798
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 16 July 1958
- Name
- CHURCH OF ST. JOHN EVANGELIST
- Location
- CHURCH OF ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, CHURCH STREET
- Parish
- Ovington
- District
- Breckland
- County
- Norfolk
- Grid Reference
- TF 92544 02594
- Easting
- 592544.0000
- Northing
- 302594.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
OVINGTON CHURCH STREET TF 90 SW
1/56 Church of St. John Evangelist
16.7.58 II*
Parish Church. C12 remodelled c.1300 restored 1867. Rubblestone with ashlar quoins and white pantiles. West tower and continuous nave and chancel. Square tower with 2-light west window and belfry windows over flushwork panels with shields. Single lancet to ringing chamber at north. Staircase turret to south. Hipped slate roof. South door C12. Single order shafts with incised scalloped capitals and roll moulded arch with billet. Triangular stoup to right. Nave south windows varied : square headed 2-light with hood mould, Norman round headed, pointed lancet and 2-light Y tracery. Chancel with Y tracery: 2-light to south, 3-light to east, 2-light to north. North nave 2 2-light lozenge windows flank 3-light Perpendicular under 4-centred arch and C19 hood mould. One blocked lancet and blocked north door. Boxed eaves. Interior with low C14 tower arch with wave mouldings. Continuous moulded wall plates with billet, raised at sanctuary. Wall posts to principals on braces. Secondary rafters and single moulded butt purlins. Plastered arched ceiling. Low piscina in chancel. C14 octagonal font on shafted plinth with carved angels and encircled quatrefoils.
Listing NGR: TF9254402594
