Church of St. John the Evangelist
Church of St. John the Evangelist, Church Road
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1136276
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St. John the Evangelist, Church Road
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1136276
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St. John the Evangelist, Church Road
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 Evangelist, Church Road
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wokingham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Woodley
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 76839 73692
Details
SU 77 SE
5/40
WOODLEY
CHURCH ROAD (west side)
Church of St. John the Evangelist
26.1.67
GV
II*
Parish Church. 1873 by H. Woodyer. Flint with Bath stone dressings and tile gabled roof. Four bay nave, chancel, north aisle, south porch in the westernmost bay of the nave with a large two-tier stone bellcote above.
Windows diamond leaded, lancet on north aisle, three-light in nave, two-light stained glass in chancel, all in plate tracery.
Interior: North arcade of circular columns with moulded capitals, tall stone tripartite chancel screen with moulded capitals to slim columns, and delicate low wrought iron screen. Stone octagonal pulpit with base of moulded arches and colonnettes. Stone font with similar base. Arched braced collar rooftrusses on corbel brackets, with side purlins, king posts and wind braces, those in the chancel cusped.
Listing NGR: SU7683973692
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 41494
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1966), 311
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1906), 222
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 04/02/2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
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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