Church Of St John

KINGSLEY C.P. HOLLOW LANE SJ 57 NW (North Side) 2/129 Church of St. John. GV II Church, 1849, by George Gilbert Scott. Red squared snecked sandstone rubble; grey slate roofs. Recessed west tower and spire; nave with south porch and short north aisle; chancel; north sacristan. Tower of 1 stage above nave roof: square west buttresses; triangular belfy window with tracery of 3 circles; corbel table; splay-footed stone spire with lucarnes on cardinal faces and clock dials on 3 of oblique faces. Gabled porch; lean-to north aisle; cross-gabled sacristy. Late C13 detailing with lancet and Geometrical windows. Oak doors on ornate wrought iron hinges; shaped chimney to sacristy. Interior. West baptistry with arches to vestries north and south; tower arch with lower arch to each side to nave; red softwood north aisle arcade of 3 bays; arch-braced principal rafters, scissor-trussed common rafters;. corbelled chancel arch on semi-octagon responds. Wrought iron screen by Scott. Octagonal font. Early and mid C20 glass in chancel and easternmost window of north aisle. Stone reredos with polished granite columns.

Listing NGR: SJ5475275014