Listed Building: CHURCH OF ST JOHN (1253560)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 1098, 2, 129
Date assigned 06 December 1985
Date last amended

Description

KINGSLEY C.P. SJ 57 NW 2/129 HOLLOW LANE (North Side) Church of St. John. II GV Church, 1849, by George Gilbert Scott. Red squared snecked sandstone rubble; grey slate roofs. Recessed west tower and spire; nave with south porch and short north aisle; chancel; north sacristan. Tower of 1 stage above nave roof: square west buttresses; triangular belfy window with tracery of 3 circles; corbel table; splay-footed stone spire with lucarnes on cardinal faces and clock dials on 3 of oblique faces. Gabled porch; lean-to north aisle; cross-gabled sacristy. Late C13 detailing with lancet and Geometrical windows. Oak doors on ornate wrought iron hinges; shaped chimney to sacristy. Interior. West baptistry with arches to vestries north and south; tower arch with lower arch to each side to nave; red softwood north aisle arcade of 3 bays; arch-braced principal rafters, scissor-trussed common rafters;. Corbelled chancel arch on semi-octagon responds. Wrought iron screen by Scott. Octagonal font. Early and mid C20 glass in chancel and easternmost window of north aisle. Stone reredos with polished granite columns. Listing NGR: SJ5475275014

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 436680. [Mapped features: #993 436680; #6302 436680]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 5475 7501 (28m by 18m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ57NW
Civil Parish KINGSLEY, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Nov 25 2019 11:08AM