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Historical Archive: Church of Saint John the Baptist Adel, Leeds County, West Yorkshire, England exterior sandstone, 1150-1170; south portal 1150-1155 Corbels may represent people watching for the Second Coming, and evil spirits. south porch removed 1816, exposing portal sculpture west gable, bellcote replaced, some corbels possibly recut by R. D. Chantrell, 1838-39 roofs restored 1843, 1879 vestry by G. E. Street, 1878–1879; vestry window 1681, moved from chancel east and west end windows reconstructed 1879 full length from south nave from south with 16th-c. windows, modern portal canopy from south/southeast from southeast from east/southeast from east, with vestry from northeast, with vestry nave from northeast north nave corbels: 1-5, 4-5 restored; 5-9, restored; 9-13, 13 original west nave from northeast from northwest from west/northwest from west with bellcote; corbels reset from southwest from west/southwest south portal south portal, west (left) upper part south portal, east (right) upper part south portal, west capitals south portal, 3 east capitals south portal, 2 east capitals south portal, western voussoirs south portal, central voussoirs south portal: birdlike beakheads south portal, eastern voussoirs south portal, gable south portal, gable: Lamb of God, sun, moon; Christ enthroned, evangelist symbols south portal, west spandrel: serpents, flowers, or falling stars? south portal, east spandrel: serpents, flowers, or falling stars? nave south corbel table, 16th-c. windows; corbels largely restored nave south corbel table, center to east; corbels largely restored nave south corbel table, eastern end; corbels largely restored chancel south corbel table, west side chancel south corbel table, west side: corbels 1-3, 4-6 chancel south corbel table, east side chancel south corbel table, east side: corbels 7-9, 10-13