Church Of St John And Attached Forecourt Railings

TRURO

SW8244SW LEMON STREET 880-1/10/177 (East side) 08/01/71 Church of St John and attached forecourt railings

GV II

Anglican church, for Peel parish. 1828. By Philip Sambell, altered 1893-1900. Granite ashlar to west street elevation, otherwise local stone rubble with freestone, granite and brick dressings; dry Delabole slate roof hipped at the west end; cast-iron ogee gutters. Rectangular aisleless plan with apsidal chancel. Symmetrical 3-bay west front has corner pilasters and parapet with projecting central bay surmounted by a cupola on 6 slender wooden Tuscan columns; central rose window over bowed porch projection with blind arcade of 5 round arches and moulded parapet; flanking bays are blind. There is a round-arched doorway in each of the returns of the central bay and a truncated rose window above. Adjoining on the left is a C15 or C16 four-centred-arched doorway with square hoodmould. INTERIOR not inspected but has a gallery on painted columns (Pevsner). SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: original iron railings have spear-headed shafts and turned stanchions. (The Truro Buildings Research Group: Lemon Street and its Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).

Listing NGR: SW8244744479