Church Of St John is a Grade II* listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1952. A Victorian Church. 1 related planning application.
Church Of St John
- WRENN ID
- empty-quoin-hemlock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1952
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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
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