Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1974. Church.

Church of St John the Evangelist

WRENN ID: idle-pewter-twilight
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Reading
Country: England
Date first listed: 24 July 1974
Type: Church
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SU 7273 7/354

READING WATLINGTON STREET (east side) Church of St John the Evangelist

24.7.74.

GV II

Church of England. 1872-73 by W.A. Dixon. Large Early English style rock faced Kentish Ragstone church with red Mansfield stone and Bath stone dressings. South-west tower with angle buttresses and two light bell-stage openings. Gargoyles and machicoliation below brick spire with gables. Columned doorway at front of tower with carved lunette and applied crocketted gable over. Tripled west window, stilted arches. Half octagon turrets of different heights flank west front. Tall short nave and chancel, gabled aisle chapels. Stonework around foundation stone excavated in order to remove the foundation stone.

Listing NGR: SU7229673176

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