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St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church 64 photos

Thaxted, Essex

St John the Baptist's Church

  • Unlocked during daytime
  • 64 photos
  • Stained glass
  • Hatchments
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Opening
Open during daytime hours – this can vary though, so avoid very early or very late attempts to visit.
Tower
Square tower (west) · Stone · Spire · Crenellated
Photographed
02/04/2003 & 09/09/2006

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Exterior 11 photos

St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Exterior 1 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Exterior 2: During the 14th and 15th centuries, Thaxted was one of the wealthiest places in Essex. From Pevsner: "Its present population of about 1,800 makes one forget that it vied in business importance with Saffron Walden and indeed many towns now ten and twenty times as populous. Yet only by remembering that can the size of the church be understood." St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Exterior 3: The south porch. St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Exterior 4: Through the south porch. St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Exterior 5: From Pevsner: "The spire, it is true, was struck by lightning in 1814, and had to be rebuilt, but the reconstruction was accurate." St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Exterior 6: The north porch. St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Exterior 7 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Exterior 8 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Exterior 9 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Exterior 10 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Exterior 11

Interior 17 photos

St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 1: From Pevsner: "The arcades are the earliest element of the church. They date from c1340. The piers are quatrefoil with very thin shafts in the diagonals." St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 2 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 3: East Window - Kempe - 1900. St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 4 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 5 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 6 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 7 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 8 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 9 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 10 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 11 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 12 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 13 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 14 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 15 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 16 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Interior 17

Stained Glass 30 photos

St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 1: This stained glass window (and the following four enlargements of the panels within it) depicts Adam and Eve. The original glass in the panels dates from C15. St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 2 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 3 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 4 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 5 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 6 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 7 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 8 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 9 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 10 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 11 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 12: This stained glass window, in the centre of the S window in the S transept, depicts Edmund Mortimer d.1381. This is believed to be the earliest piece of medieval glass in Thaxted. It used to be in the north transept, but was re-positioned after the great storm of 1763. St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 13 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 14 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 15 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 16 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 17 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 18 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 19 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 20 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 21 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 22 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 23 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 24 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 25 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 26 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 27 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 28 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 29 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Stained Glass 30

Hatchment 1 photo

St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Hatchment 1: For Henry, 3rd Viscount Maynard, Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Essex who married, in 1810, Mary, daughter of Reginald Rabett, of Bramfield Hall, and died 19 May 1865. Details taken from Hatchments in Britain: 6, Edited by Peter Summers

Miscellaneous 3 photos

St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Miscellaneous 1 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Miscellaneous 2 St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Miscellaneous 3

Postcard 2 photos

St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Postcard 1: This postcard is the copyright of The Francis Frith Collection. Please visit The Francis Frith Collection. St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church – Postcard 2

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