Church Of St John The Evangelist

BIDDULPH C.P. TUNSTALL ROAD, SJ 85 NE Knypersley

7/47 Church of St John - the Evangelist

GV II

Chapel of Ease. 1848-51, by R.C. Hussey. Sandstone ashlar; blue machine tile roofs; verge parapets. Compact plan of nave, chancel, south transept and north-west spire in early decorated style. Tower: of 3 stages; angle buttresses, trefoil-headed twin-light windows to bell chamber, further single light to first stage. East side: pointed north doorway; broached spire, gargoyles at angles and exaggerated central lucarnes to base of each side, with roofs resting on free-standing columns; cruciform pinnacle. Nave: of 4 fenestrated bays divided by 2-stage buttresses and lit by 2-light trefoil-headed and quatrefoil labelled windows to sides and 5-light geometrical west window based on 'Y'-tracery pattern with cinquefoils and trefoils in pointed arch; transept of one bay and lower, attached to south side; rose window in apex, small lights to sides. Chancel: of 2 bays, lower but similar to nave; 4-light 'Y'-tracery east window with cinquefoils to pointed, labelled head. Built for the Batemans of Biddulph Grange (q.v.) and part of a complete early Victorian group including also school and parsonage (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ8808156833