Church of St John
CHURCH OF ST JOHN, ST JOHNS ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1217625
- Date first listed:
- 03-Mar-1952
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, ST JOHNS ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1217625
- Date first listed:
- 03-Mar-1952
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, ST JOHNS ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, ST JOHNS ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Kirklees (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 14102 17729
Details
1.
5113 ST JOHN'S ROAD
(West Side)
Bay Hall
Church of St John
SE 1417 28/35 3.3.52.
II*
2.
Foundation stone laid 1851 by Sir John William Ramsden, 5th Bart, who built
the church in memory of his father. Consecrated 1853. Architect: William
Butterfield. Ashlar. Steep-pitched slate roofs. Coped gables. Lean-to aisle
roofs, parapeted. Buttresses. 5 bay nave, with tiny oculi to clerestory.
Chancel. South-west and north-west porches. Fine Geometrical tracery, especially at east and west ends. 4-stage tower in south-east corner, with imposing traceried bell-openings, openwork parapet, and octagonal corner pinnacles. Octagonal spire with 3 stages of gabled lucarnes, crocketed finial and weathervane. Interior Collar-braced roof, with lower struts inclined slightly inwards. Ashlar font and pulpit of massive, elemental forms. Characteristically simple wooden furnishings, the bench ends giving illusion of being slightly tilted.
Listing NGR: SE1410217729
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 407031
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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