Church Of St John

STANWIX RURAL HOUGHTON NY 45 NW

5/77 Church of St John

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Church. 1840-42, built as copy of Stanwix Church, Carlisle. Snecked ashlar yellow sandstone, from Chalk Quarry, Dalston, slate roof. 3 storeys east tower with 4 bay nave-chancel. Tower has pointed entrance arch with hood mould: similar windows in bell chamber, with Y-tracery and louvred slats: diagonal buttresses at angles with corner pinnacles and corbelled and castellated parapet. Clock above entrance is of 1901. Pointed arch windows and hood moulds to nave: diagonal buttresses at angles, with corner pinnacles and cross as gable pinnacle. Interior renovated 1901 by C.J. Ferguson: pine pews, carved oak pulpit and lectern, pitch-pine panelled ceiling. Red cement floor with chancel floor of black and white marble. Font of carved Caen stone, with red marble pillars of 1898. Windows of Moorish pattern, in plain leaded glass by Cleator & Sons, London, 1897. Not an ancient site.

Listing NGR: NY4082659796