St John's Church, Deskford is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 March 1988. Church. 1 related planning application.
St John's Church, Deskford
- WRENN ID
- lesser-loft-elm
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1988
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
John Miller, Cullen, dated 1871. Cruciform Gothic church
orientated to E with entrance in W gable. Harled rubble,
tooled and polished ashlar dressings and margins. Slightly
advanced and pinnacled centre bay in W gable with centre
entrance under pointed-headed Y-tracery light and with
double-leaf plank doors with ornate cast-iron hinges.
Large 2-light window above with flanking smaller
pointed-headed lights, all under hoodmoulds. Apex bellcot.
5-bay flanks including shallow transepts with large
traceried windows, in N transept incorporating decorative
R and cross. Narrow hoodmould pointed-headed windows
elsewhere; lattice-pane glazing with coloured margins.
Apex cross finial; slate roof.
INTERIOR: simple galleried interior with stencilled
decoration to walls.
Coped rubble wall encloses church, low at W (fronting road)
and capped with cast-iron spearhead railings.
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