More information : (SK 69100728) St. John the Batist's (NAT) Church
(C of E) (1)
CIVIL PARISH OF HUNGARTON
A Church of St. John the Baptist 14C square ashlar tower,
crocketted spire. 15C. S. porch. 14C S. aisle and arcade. 14C
chancel. 15C clerestory and roof. Rubble, ashlar, lead. 15C
parclose screen to S. chapel. Mural monument behind iron grille to
Francis Cave de Baggrave, 1568, and wife. Wife's date left
incomplete 15??. Norman square font. Brass to Mary Cave of
Ingarsby d. 1510, daughter to Sir Thomas Throgmorton.
Indecipherable mural monument dated 1629. (2)
HUNGARTON
SK 60 NE CHURCH LANE
2/38 (East Side)
29.12.66
Church of
St. John the
Baptist
GV II*
Church. C14/C15, restored C19. Coursed rubble stone with ashlar
tower and leaded, part parapetted, roofs. W tower and spire,
nave, chancel, S aisle and S porch. Buttresses, including diagonal
and angle, all with set-offs. Stone coped gables with finials.
Windows mostly have hood moulds. C14 tower of 3 stages with
plinth, angle buttresses, W window with C19 stained glass, small
1-lights to SW stair, clock face to W and 4 2-light bell
openings. Above is a frieze with fleurons, heads and central
gargoyles, then battlements and recessed crocketted spire with
small quatrefoil lucarnes. Inside is a triple chamfered arch to
nave. Nave has 3 large Perp. N windows. Transoms and four-centred
heads. Cusped lights. 2 have stained glass, of 1937, and 1867.
C 14 4 bay S arcade with double chamfered arches on octagonal
piers. Perp. clerestory with 4 2-light windows on S side. C19 4
bay low-pitch tie beam roof. Double chamfered chancel arch. C14
chancel has windows with restored Curvilinear tracery. Stained
glass of 1856-7. S door. C19 3 bay roof similar to nave. Squint
from S aisle. S aisle has Perp. E window and S and W windows with
restored Curvilinear tracery. 1 S window with stained glass of
1822, rest with mid or later C19 stained glass. S door with double
chamfered arch. C15 S porch with many moulded doorway. Holy water
niche to right and small niche (with later statue) over. Inside
are C15 parclose screen to Ashby Chapel in S aisle, square Norman
font decorated with concentric lozenges, 6 hatchments, and wall
monuments. These include those to G. Ashbie, 1653; Dorothy Ashby,
1681; Shuckburgh Ashby 1792, by Thomas Banks; and
Francis Cave de Baggrave, 1568 and wife. White's Leicestershire
and Rutland, 1877 and Pevsner. (3)
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