Church of St John
CHURCH OF ST JOHN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1151670
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jun-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1151670
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jun-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN
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 building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Doncaster (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Adwick upon Dearne
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 47024 01495
Details
SE40SE ADWICK UPON DEARNE
6/1 Church of St. John 5.6.68
GV II*
Church. C12 with C13 and later windows, vestry added and chancel arch replaced in 1910 by A. C. Martin of London. Pebble-dashed rubble sandstone, Welsh slate roof. Nave with south porch and west bellcote, narrower chancel with north vestry at junction with nave. Nave: gabled porch has slightly pointed arch with impost, weathered stone above; shaped kneelers, renewed gable copings. Tall C12 round- arched doorway within appears altered. Y-tracery, 2-light window to right of porch with offset buttress beyond. Blocked north door now a square-headed, 2-light mullioned window; tall,square-headed,3-light window to its west, and window to its east of 2 cusped, ogee-headed lights. Battered bellcote projection has rectangular, 2-light west window and pair of round-arched bell-openings with impost band set beneath ashlar-coped gable. Shaped kneelers and gable copings to nave roof. Lower chancel has south door with 2-light mullioned window to its left and two C13 lancets to its right. Three early C19 headstones set beneath 2-light, Y-tracery east window. Lancet to east of north vestry which has Y-tracery north window and door in west side.
Interior: double-chamfered chancel arch of 1910 replaced former Norman arch. Square piscina in chamfered, arched recess; aumbry recess. Arch-braced roof trusses. Royal coat of arms above blocked north door. Late C19 fittings including pulpit made from older pews with arms. East window of 1883.
Listing NGR: SE4702401495
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 334422
- 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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