Church of St John the Evangelist
Church of St John the Evangelist, Ranmoor Park Road, Sheffield, S10 3GX
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Overview
SK38NW
784-1/5/613
SHEFFIELD
RANMOOR PARK ROAD (east side)
Church of St John the Evangelist
(Formerly listed as Church of St John)
28/06/73
II*
Parish church. South-west tower and spire 1879, by EM Gibbs. Remainder 1887, by Flockton & Gibbs, following the destruction of the earlier church by fire. North-east vestry c1900. Restored 1973. Reredos, carving and architectural sculpture by Frank Tory. Rock-faced Ancaster stone with ashlar dressings and steep pitched slate and lead roofs. Gothic Revival style.
PLAN: apsidal chancel, transepts, vestry, nave with clerestory and aisles, narthex, baptistry, north-west porch, south-west tower with spire.
EXTERIOR: plinth, sillband, corbel table, shouldered coped gables with crosses, gabled buttresses. Pointed arch windows throughout. Chancel has central three-light window flanked by two similar two-light windows, with geometrical tracery and linked hoodmoulds. Transepts have three-light windows lancets with wheel windows above, and on their east sides, two-light windows, that to north partly covered by the vestry. Single storey vestry has five two-light windows to north and a double door and two-light window to east. Five bay nave has five pairs of two-light clerestory windows on each side. West gable has a wheel window with a small graduated lancet above it. Below, canted baptistry with three lancets, flanked on each side by a two-light window. On either side, a buttressed octagonal turret topped with a spire. Aisles have five two-light windows, two to north-east partly covered by vestry. North aisle also has a stone side wall stack. North-west porch has a wheel window and below it, a glazed double door. Three stage south-west tower has string courses and four pinnacles. Heavily moulded south doorway under a traceried gable. Returns have single lancets. Second stage has a three-light blind arcade on each side, with shafts and linked hoodmould. Bell stage has a traceried two-light opening on each side, under small gables. Setback octagonal spire has two tiers of gabled lucarnes and weathercock.
INTERIOR: has painted vault to chancel with moulded wooden ribs and wall shafts, and roll moulded arch with triple shafts and hoodmould. Cusped blind arcade on all sides, with sedilia on each side and triple gabled canopy to high-relief alabaster reredos. Transepts have painted single bay vaults. North transept contains organ. South transept has similar arch with round central pier and double inner arch with quatrefoil in spandrel, and traceried wooden screen. Above the transept arches, a five bay graduated blind arcade. Nave has five bay arcades with round piers, foliate capitals and moulded arches. Triforium with four arches in each bay, the bays defined by ringed shafts. Arch braced principal rafter roof with wall shafts and traceried spandrels and ceiling with painted panels. West end has a large central arch flanked by single smaller arches, with triforium and wheel window above. Aisles have moulded arches to west and arch braced roofs with wall shafts and traceried spandrels. South aisle has moulded eastern arch into transept. North aisle has double doorway to vestry and moulded east arch containing organ. Narthex has moulded arch at each end and arch braced roof with panelled ceiling, traceried spandrels and wall shafts. Baptistry has moulded arch and rib vault with shafts between the windows. Tower porch has double chamfered doorway with hoodmould. Both porches have panelled ceilings and glazed double doors.
FITTINGS include stained glass by Heaton Butler & Bayne, Clayton & Bell, WF Dixon, Powell Bros. of Leeds and Victor Milner of London. Ornate ashlar and marble font with cusped arcaded pedestal and spire cover. Square traceried oak pulpit on clustered ashlar pier with marble shafts. Double sided brass eagle lectern with buttressed twisted shaft, 1892. Traceried stalls and benches, some with fleur-de-lys finials.rass war memorial, 1918.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West Riding: London: 1967-: 458; Victorian Society Northern Architectural Adviser: letter: 1990-; The First Hundred Years (centenary pamphlet): Rev G Needham: Sheffield: 1979-; Researches by G Hague, Sheffield City Council).
Listing NGR: SK3195286280
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1271043
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St John the Evangelist, Ranmoor Park Road, Sheffield, S10 3GX
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1271043
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St John the Evangelist, Ranmoor Park Road, Sheffield, S10 3GX
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, Ranmoor Park Road, Sheffield, S10 3GX
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sheffield (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 31952 86280
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 2nd February 2021 to correct the name, remove superfluous source details from the text, and also to reformat the text to current standards
SK38NW
784-1/5/613
SHEFFIELD
RANMOOR PARK ROAD (east side)
Church of St John the Evangelist
(Formerly listed as Church of St John)
28/06/73
II*
Parish church. South-west tower and spire 1879, by EM Gibbs. Remainder 1887, by Flockton & Gibbs, following the destruction of the earlier church by fire. North-east vestry c1900. Restored 1973. Reredos, carving and architectural sculpture by Frank Tory. Rock-faced Ancaster stone with ashlar dressings and steep pitched slate and lead roofs. Gothic Revival style.
PLAN: apsidal chancel, transepts, vestry, nave with clerestory and aisles, narthex, baptistry, north-west porch, south-west tower with spire.
EXTERIOR: plinth, sillband, corbel table, shouldered coped gables with crosses, gabled buttresses. Pointed arch windows throughout. Chancel has central three-light window flanked by two similar two-light windows, with geometrical tracery and linked hoodmoulds. Transepts have three-light windows lancets with wheel windows above, and on their east sides, two-light windows, that to north partly covered by the vestry. Single storey vestry has five two-light windows to north and a double door and two-light window to east. Five bay nave has five pairs of two-light clerestory windows on each side. West gable has a wheel window with a small graduated lancet above it. Below, canted baptistry with three lancets, flanked on each side by a two-light window. On either side, a buttressed octagonal turret topped with a spire. Aisles have five two-light windows, two to north-east partly covered by vestry. North aisle also has a stone side wall stack. North-west porch has a wheel window and below it, a glazed double door. Three stage south-west tower has string courses and four pinnacles. Heavily moulded south doorway under a traceried gable. Returns have single lancets. Second stage has a three-light blind arcade on each side, with shafts and linked hoodmould. Bell stage has a traceried two-light opening on each side, under small gables. Setback octagonal spire has two tiers of gabled lucarnes and weathercock.
INTERIOR: has painted vault to chancel with moulded wooden ribs and wall shafts, and roll moulded arch with triple shafts and hoodmould. Cusped blind arcade on all sides, with sedilia on each side and triple gabled canopy to high-relief alabaster reredos. Transepts have painted single bay vaults. North transept contains organ. South transept has similar arch with round central pier and double inner arch with quatrefoil in spandrel, and traceried wooden screen. Above the transept arches, a five bay graduated blind arcade. Nave has five bay arcades with round piers, foliate capitals and moulded arches. Triforium with four arches in each bay, the bays defined by ringed shafts. Arch braced principal rafter roof with wall shafts and traceried spandrels and ceiling with painted panels. West end has a large central arch flanked by single smaller arches, with triforium and wheel window above. Aisles have moulded arches to west and arch braced roofs with wall shafts and traceried spandrels. South aisle has moulded eastern arch into transept. North aisle has double doorway to vestry and moulded east arch containing organ. Narthex has moulded arch at each end and arch braced roof with panelled ceiling, traceried spandrels and wall shafts. Baptistry has moulded arch and rib vault with shafts between the windows. Tower porch has double chamfered doorway with hoodmould. Both porches have panelled ceilings and glazed double doors.
FITTINGS include stained glass by Heaton Butler & Bayne, Clayton & Bell, WF Dixon, Powell Bros. of Leeds and Victor Milner of London. Ornate ashlar and marble font with cusped arcaded pedestal and spire cover. Square traceried oak pulpit on clustered ashlar pier with marble shafts. Double sided brass eagle lectern with buttressed twisted shaft, 1892. Traceried stalls and benches, some with fleur-de-lys finials.rass war memorial, 1918.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West Riding: London: 1967-: 458; Victorian Society Northern Architectural Adviser: letter: 1990-; The First Hundred Years (centenary pamphlet): Rev G Needham: Sheffield: 1979-; Researches by G Hague, Sheffield City Council).
Listing NGR: SK3195286280
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21 October 2024 to correct building material type and reformat the text to current standards.
SK38NW
784-1/5/613
SHEFFIELD
RANMOOR PARK ROAD (east side)
Church of St John the Evangelist
(Formerly listed as Church of St John)
28/06/73
II*
Parish church. South-west tower and spire 1879, by EM Gibbs. Remainder 1887, by Flockton & Gibbs, following the destruction of the earlier church by fire. North-east vestry c1900. Restored 1973. Reredos, carving and architectural sculpture by Frank Tory. Rock-faced Upper Carboniferous sandstone with Ancaster limestone ashlar dressings and steep pitched slate and lead roofs. Gothic Revival style.
PLAN: apsidal chancel, transepts, vestry, nave with clerestory and aisles, narthex, baptistry, north-west porch, south-west tower with spire.
EXTERIOR: plinth, sillband, corbel table, shouldered coped gables with crosses, gabled buttresses. Pointed arch windows throughout. Chancel has central three-light window flanked by two similar two-light windows, with geometrical tracery and linked hoodmoulds. Transepts have three-light windows lancets with wheel windows above, and on their east sides, two-light windows, that to north partly covered by the vestry. Single storey vestry has five two-light windows to north and a double door and two-light window to east. Five bay nave has five pairs of two-light clerestory windows on each side. West gable has a wheel window with a small graduated lancet above it. Below, canted baptistry with three lancets, flanked on each side by a two-light window. On either side, a buttressed octagonal turret topped with a spire. Aisles have five two-light windows, two to north-east partly covered by vestry. North aisle also has a stone side wall stack. North-west porch has a wheel window and below it, a glazed double door. Three stage south-west tower has string courses and four pinnacles. Heavily moulded south doorway under a traceried gable. Returns have single lancets. Second stage has a three-light blind arcade on each side, with shafts and linked hoodmould. Bell stage has a traceried two-light opening on each side, under small gables. Setback octagonal spire has two tiers of gabled lucarnes and weathercock.
INTERIOR: has painted vault to chancel with moulded wooden ribs and wall shafts, and roll moulded arch with triple shafts and hoodmould. Cusped blind arcade on all sides, with sedilia on each side and triple gabled canopy to high-relief alabaster reredos. Transepts have painted single bay vaults. North transept contains organ. South transept has similar arch with round central pier and double inner arch with quatrefoil in spandrel, and traceried wooden screen. Above the transept arches, a five bay graduated blind arcade. Nave has five bay arcades with round piers, foliate capitals and moulded arches. Triforium with four arches in each bay, the bays defined by ringed shafts. Arch braced principal rafter roof with wall shafts and traceried spandrels and ceiling with painted panels. West end has a large central arch flanked by single smaller arches, with triforium and wheel window above. Aisles have moulded arches to west and arch braced roofs with wall shafts and traceried spandrels. South aisle has moulded eastern arch into transept. North aisle has double doorway to vestry and moulded east arch containing organ. Narthex has moulded arch at each end and arch braced roof with panelled ceiling, traceried spandrels and wall shafts. Baptistry has moulded arch and rib vault with shafts between the windows. Tower porch has double chamfered doorway with hoodmould. Both porches have panelled ceilings and glazed double doors.
FITTINGS include stained glass by Heaton Butler & Bayne, Clayton & Bell, WF Dixon, Powell Bros. of Leeds and Victor Milner of London. Ornate ashlar and marble font with cusped arcaded pedestal and spire cover. Square traceried oak pulpit on clustered ashlar pier with marble shafts. Double sided brass eagle lectern with buttressed twisted shaft, 1892. Traceried stalls and benches, some with fleur-de-lys finials.rass war memorial, 1918.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West Riding: London: 1967-: 458; Victorian Society Northern Architectural Adviser: letter: 1990-; The First Hundred Years (centenary pamphlet): Rev G Needham: Sheffield: 1979-; Researches by G Hague, Sheffield City Council).
Listing NGR: SK3195286280
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 456276
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Needham, G, The First Hundred Years Centenary Pamphlet of Church of St John Sheffield, (1979)
Pevsner, N, Radcliffe, E, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: The West Riding, (1967), 458
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/46857
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/46860
Other
Victorian Society Northern Architectural Adviser: letter: 1990
Researches by G Hague, Sheffield City Council
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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