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After the foundations of St Mary's were destroyed by the [[Bristol Channel]] [[Bristol Channel floods, 1607|flood]] of 1607, the two churches were worked as a dual-location parish until all main services were moved to St John in 1620. |
After the foundations of St Mary's were destroyed by the [[Bristol Channel]] [[Bristol Channel floods, 1607|flood]] of 1607, the two churches were worked as a dual-location parish until all main services were moved to St John in 1620. |
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In 1843, [[John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute]] paid for the construction of the [[Church of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Stephen the Martyr]] in [[Bute Street (Cardiff)|Bute Street]] as a permenant replacement for St Mary's.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterfinch.co.uk/bute.htm|title=Bute|publisher=peterfinch.co.uk|accessdate=2012-12-30}}</ref> This allowed the reconstruction of St John, with extensions to the church made in 1886-1897 using [[carboniferous limestone]] quarried from [[Culverhouse Cross]]. The churchyard wall was also was also rebuilt, using original Lias mixed with [[red sandstone]] in the walls, topped with [[coping stone]]s of [[Devon sandstone]]s from the [[Forest of Dean]].<ref name=BBCWalk/> |
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Revision as of 23:54, 31 December 2011
St John the Baptist Church is a parish church in Cardiff, Wales, the oldest church dating to pre-Medevial times in Cardiff city centre.
Originally built as a chapel of ease for the larger St Mary's Church, itself founded by Benedictine monks from Tewkesbury Abbey it was originally constructed of blue Lias, a Jurassic stone with layers of fossilised shells, sourced from Aberthaw. The walls were then origianlly dressed with Dundry Stone, an Oolitic freestone.[1]
After the foundations of St Mary's were destroyed by the Bristol Channel flood of 1607, the two churches were worked as a dual-location parish until all main services were moved to St John in 1620.
In 1843, John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute paid for the construction of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Stephen the Martyr in Bute Street as a permenant replacement for St Mary's.[2] This allowed the reconstruction of St John, with extensions to the church made in 1886-1897 using carboniferous limestone quarried from Culverhouse Cross. The churchyard wall was also was also rebuilt, using original Lias mixed with red sandstone in the walls, topped with coping stones of Devon sandstones from the Forest of Dean.[1]
This left the bell tower as the only original medevial piece of the structure. It has a crown of openwork battlements reminiscent of churches in the West Country of England, and is dated c. 1490, when the similar Jasper Tower of Llandaff Cathedral was also built.
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