Church Of St John The Evangelist

NY 43 NE HESKET PLUMPTON

10/177 Church of St John the Evangelist

G.V. II

Church. Dated 1907, by Sir Robert Lorimer. Mixed red and orange Penrith sandstone, coursed rubble walls, under graduated greenslate roofs with lead rainwater heads and downspouts. 3-bay nave with south porch and square 2-storey south tower; single-bay chancel with north vestry. Chancel has battered gabled porch with pointed inner and outer arches. 2- and 3-light windows, that in west wall of 5 lights. Battered tower has narrow round-arched doorway and projecting angle turret. Square bell openings with almond-shaped fretwork, under shaped battlements. West gable buttress has datestone. Interior has no fixed pews, but has other fine woodwork; the linen-fold panelled doors, the barrel-vaulted panelled ceiling and linen-fold panelled pulpit. Figurative stained glass in one window by Morris & Co. 1906. This is not listed in Christopher Hussey's book on Lorimer, but a brass inscription plate gives the architect's name and that of the patron, Joseph Harris of Brackenburgh.

Listing NGR: NY4970737164