The Hospital of St. John the Baptist

The Hospital of St. John the Baptist

and the buildings it comprises of:-

It was built from 1839 to 1840, as three sides of a square and contained the chapel, priests house, and guildhall for entertaining and eating. The buildings are all built of local sandstone.
An explanation of the word �hospital� is required here, the modern interpretation of the word is not the interpretation used then.
The hospital was an area to care for the well being of the poor, the old of the village and the elderly clergy, not specifically for the sick. It was a retreat into an ideal world, a Catholic social statement.

The inside of the chapel

The chapel doubled up in the week as a school and the pews where the children worked were separated from the the sanctuary, by a screen.
The chapel has an elaborate altar and reredos which sits on an alabaster base. With a corona suspended above the crucifix.
There are brasses either side of the altar, dedicated to the 16th and 17th Earls of Shrewsbury. With a small chantry to the left of the altar.
The pews which face one another in the sanctuary are beautifully carved.

In the grounds

Outside adjoining the chapel there is a prespertary of high quality.
As well as these buildings, in 1843 Pugin made alterations to a 17th century cottage so that it could be used as a schoolmasters house.
He added a privy at the bottom of the garden (part of the improvements!) and he gave it a small gothic window.
Notice the changes to the windows, and the front door which he also added, leaving the 17th century one still in place.

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The Hospital of St. John the Baptist
and the buildings it comprises of:-
	It was built from 1839 to 1840, as three sides of a square and contained the chapel, priests house, and guildhall for entertaining and eating. The buildings are all built of local sandstone. An explanation of the word �hospital� is required here, the modern interpretation of the word is not the interpretation used then. The hospital was an area to care for the well being of the poor, the old of the village and the elderly clergy, not specifically for the sick. It was a retreat into an ideal world, a Catholic social statement.

The inside of the chapel
The chapel doubled up in the week as a school and the pews where the children worked were separated from the the sanctuary, by a screen. The chapel has an elaborate altar and reredos which sits on an alabaster base. With a corona suspended above the crucifix.
	There are brasses either side of the altar, dedicated to the 16th and 17th Earls of Shrewsbury. With a small chantry to the left of the altar. The pews which face one another in the sanctuary are beautifully carved.

In the grounds
Outside adjoining the chapel there is a prespertary of high quality. As well as these buildings, in 1843 Pugin made alterations to a 17th century cottage so that it could be used as a schoolmasters house. He added a privy at the bottom of the garden (part of the improvements!) and he gave it a small gothic window. Notice the changes to the windows, and the front door which he also added, leaving the 17th century one still in place.