Church of St John the Evangelist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BOLTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1067507
- Date first listed:
- 02-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BOLTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1067507
- Date first listed:
- 02-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BOLTON ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BOLTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Salford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 79549 00813
Details
SWINTON & PENDLEBURY BOLTON ROAD SD 70 SE (north-east side) 2/1 Church of St. John the - Evangelist - II
Church. 1842 with chancel added in 1854 and baptistry in 1882. Rock-faced stone with slate roof. Nave and chancel with west tower and porches on north and south. Neo- Romanesque. 6-bay nave with projecting plinth, shallow buttresses and a coped parapet above a corbel table. Each bay has a tall round-arched window with hoodmould. South porch is castellated whereas the north porch has a coped gable. At each end of the nave square piers with nook shafts and pyramidal caps rise above the parapet. Chancel has a 3- light east window. 3-stage tower with shallow angled buttresses, round-arched door, clock-faces in foiled surround and a belfry stage with nook shafts, 5 tall round- arched openings in each side and a shallow distinctive pyramidal roof above bold brackets. Adjacent to the tower is the semi-circular baptistry with conical roof. Interior: Romanesque detailing continues throughout. Alternating king and queen-post roof trusses have diagonally braced tie beams. Chevron enrichment to chancel arch. Painted chancel ceiling. Timber fittings include pews, stalls, pulpit and west gallery which sits on barleysugar-twist cast-iron columns with cushion capitals. Stone font. Stained glass.
Listing NGR: SD7954900813
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 211955
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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