Church of St John is a Grade II* listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 October 1995. A Victorian Church.
Church of St John
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1995
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St John is a Grade II* listed building designed in the High Victorian Gothic Revival style with French influences. It features squared rubble construction with dressed quoins, dressed banding, and tracery, topped with a slate roof and red ridge tiles. The church maintains a restrained appearance that suits its rural setting while showcasing strong expression and skillful proportions typical of the High Victorian style. Notable exterior elements include a bellcote at the west end, a gabled porch on the north side, a south vestry with a chimney, and plate tracery windows. The chancel is visibly distinct beneath a lower roof, with coped gable ends on both the nave and chancel, each topped with stone crucifix finials. The stone banding creates a subtle polychromatic effect, enhanced by quatrefoils on the chancel.
To the north of the church, there is a stone gabled entrance to the churchyard, also featuring a crucifix finial.
Internally, the church is aisleless, with a tall chancel arch supported by shafts with foliated caps. The nave has a timber roof, and there are two steps leading up to the chancel and one step up to the sanctuary. The chancel boasts an elaborate arch-braced ship's keel roof of European design, complete with cusped and pierced windbraces. The walls are adorned with dark stone banding and a foliated cornice. The reredos features marble shafts with foliated caps and a cornice, depicting the scene of the Last Supper. At the west end, there is a square stone font with marble shafts, a stone pulpit with arcading, and simple bench seating. The organ was made by Charles Whitely & Co. The stained glass includes a notable early 20th-century scheme, featuring a window with Welsh text depicting Saints David and Garmon.
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