St John the Baptist, Capel
St John the Baptist, Capel
St John the Baptist is a Grade II* parish church on The Street, Capel, Surrey, in the Diocese of Guildford.
- Location
- Capel, Surrey
- Country
- England
- County
- Surrey
- City / town
- Capel
- Address
- The street, Capel, Surrey, RH5 5JY
- Postcode
- RH5 5JY
- Built
- C13; rebuilt and restored 1865
- Architect
- H Woodyer
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- John the Baptist
- Diocese
- Guildford
- Parish
- Capel
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Gothic
- Materials
- Sandstone and Bargate stone with ashlar dressings; Horsham slab roofs
- Grid reference
- TQ 175 407
- Opening hours
- Open 9am to 5pm daily. Services on Sundays at 8am and 10.30am. Church teas every fortnight during the spring, summer and Autumn.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets in church
Overview
Historic England records a thirteenth-century church rebuilt and restored in 1865 by H. Woodyer. The fabric is sandstone and Bargate stone blocks with ashlar dressings, Horsham slab roofs, and a wood-shingled bellcote with broach spire under an iron finial. The plan is an aisled nave (the north aisle under a catslide), chancel, north vestry, south and west porches, and a west bellcote. Three thirteenth-century lancets survive on the south side of the chancel.
The interior has a four-bay north arcade on round piers, a chamfered chancel arch, and a bell cage of old design with chamfered posts and cross bracing. Fittings include a nineteenth-century screen, a pulpit of whitestone with coloured marble shafts, and a fine octagonal black-marble font. Monuments include a coloured-marble kneeler to John Cowper (d. 1590) and a City Baroque wall tablet to Robert Cowper of 1720.