St John the Baptist, Pampisford

A stone church tower with a crenellated parapet rises above a flint wall, arched gate, and mature trees in a village setting.

History of St John the Baptist

Parish church. C12 nave, south doorway with noteworthy carved tympanum, north arcade inserted c.1200. Chancel early C13, west tower c.1330 added to shortened nave; wide tower arch in anticipation of a larger tower. Chancel arch rebuilt and north aisle widened C15. Restorations in 1850, and 1856 by P.C. Hardwick (1822-90) when the south porch was added; 1876-91, and 1893-7 by Sir Arthur Blomfield (1829-99), vestry and organ chamber.

A stone church with flint-covered walls, pointed arched windows, and a small spire on a tower set against a backlit bright sky.

St John the Baptist, Pampisford

A stone church exterior with a tiled porch features a memorial cross with a red wreath, leading to a grassy, tree-lined graveyard.

St John the Baptist, Pampisford

A carved stone Romanesque tympanum featuring seven figures under semicircular arches set within a larger stone archway.

St John the Baptist, Pampisford

An information plaque about Pampisford Church with historical text and a line drawing of ten figures within a semicircular arch.

St John the Baptist, Pampisford

Stained glass window in an arched stone frame depicting biblical figures with a basket of pinecones and toy trucks below.

St John the Baptist, Pampisford

Detail of a stained glass window with a scroll bearing the word Friends and the signature Lavers and Westlake London 1901.

St John the Baptist, Pampisford

A stone cross war memorial stands on a grass patch in front of a church wall, with red poppy wreaths at its base.

St John the Baptist, Pampisford

War memorial. c.1920. Designed by R Blomfield (1856-1942). Limestone. Octagonal sectioned cross standing on stepped plinth with names of war dead of two world wars inscribed on plinth.

St John the Baptist, Pampisford

A man in glasses and a tie paints a clock face on a stone wall, viewed from above, in a black and white newspaper clipping.

Pampisford church clock 1972

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