Onehouse St John the Baptist?s church

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 26 Aug 2007

The tower was once half as tall again as it is now, but it became unsafe and was reduced to the present height. There is the base of an old cross in the churchyard. A scratch dial can be found on the south wall and there is a small stoup inside the porch. Inside the nave, the plaster has been stripped from the walls in places. I don’t know if this is permanent as at Iken, or marks repairs in progress. The roundish 12th century font is rough and ready and the faces, with arms outstretched at the quarters, are almost worn away. It sits on a square shaft and plinth. One bench end has a snarling mongrel as an armrest, but there is very little else of interest, unfortunately. If only the walls could speak, they would obviously have a wonderful story to tell. You can sense the history, but it is invisible to our eyes.

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