Church Of St John The Baptist

NORTH YORKSI]RE HARROGATE 5338

SE 45 SW HUNSINGORE CHURCH STREET (north side)

6/59 Church of St. John the Baptist

GV II

Church of St. John the Baptist. 1867-68 by Charles Kirk of Sleaford for John Dent of Ribston Hall. Pink sandstone and ashlar, Wesmorland slate roof. C14 Gothic-style 4-bay nave with north and south aisles; tower of 3 stages with tall broach spire at west end of south aisle; south porch; 2-bay choir with apsidal chancel. South porch has hood-mould with head stops (possibly Queen Victoria and the donor). Main door has fine wrought- iron strap hinges. 2- and 3- light plate tracery windows throughout. Lucarnes to spire. Off-set flat buttresses to chancel. Decorative stonework to eaves, ashlar copings. Interior: lofty arcade with pointed arches to south aisle, original fittings throughout, including font beneath tower, pulpit, fine organ and reredos with decorated polychrome tiles. Grey marble floor to chancel. Original light fittings. Window glass: west end by Meyer of Munich, east end by Hughes of London. Stone memorial to Sir Henry Goodricke, d.1833, at east end of south arcade. Many brass memorials to members of the Dent family, including one to Joseph Jonathan Dent Dent (sic), d.1907 after a ministry of 52 years in the parish. H. Speight, Nidderdale, 1894, p.151.

Listing NGR: SE4285253578