Church of St John the Baptist
Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road, Leicester, LE2 3AD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1074035
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road, Leicester, LE2 3AD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1074035
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road, Leicester, LE2 3AD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road, Leicester, LE2 3AD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Leicester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 60224 02621
Details
SK 60 SW
718/18/228
14.3.75
LEICESTER
CLARENDON PARK ROAD (South east side)
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
II*
Parish church. 1884-85 by Joseph Goddard of Goddard, Paget and Catlow. Red brick with dressings and bands of Bath stone. Steep-pitched tile roof with a slender fleche.
No tower. Very tall nave with tall plate-traceried windows. Short transept with small rose windows, low passage aisles.
INTERIOR: Very good interior of yellow brick and ashlar with segmental arcade to aisle passages, arcade above gallery at west end, timber roof. East end with low open galleries carried on trefoil arcade. This church was commissioned by Miss Sarah Barlow, and it cost £8,500. The land cost £1,000 and was paid for by public subscription.
Listing NGR: SK6022402621
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 188621
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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