Church Of St John

SANDOWN SZ58SE CARTER STREET 1352-0/4/170 Church of St John II Church. 1880-1 by C L Luck in Early English style. Built of coursed rubble with modern pantiled roofs. Nave and chancel in one, 4 bays to nave, 1 bay to chancel, north and south aisles and octagonal shingled spirelet on roof between nave and chancel. West front has tall lancet windows and tall buttresses. 5 double trefoliated windows to clerestorey, separated by stepped buttresses. Aisles have traceried windows, triple lancets in arched surrounds, the central higher and with quatrefoil motifs. South front gabled with cross-shaped saddlestone. Arched doorcase with engaged columns. Spacious interior with large arches supported on circular columns. Octagonal font with trefoil decoration. Elaborate octagonal stone lectern of 1903 with carved figure of saint and marble columns. East wall arcaded with 6 large trefoliated stained glass windows. Wooden louvred reredos. Sedilia and screen to side chapels. Wooden roof of hammerbeam type with crenellated tie beam.

Listing NGR: SZ5996384632