Church of St John
CHURCH OF ST JOHN, SYLVAN ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1079275
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1976
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, SYLVAN ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1079275
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1976
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, SYLVAN ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, SYLVAN ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Croydon (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 33609 69805
Details
TQ 36 NW 2/5
SYLVAN ROAD
Upper Norwood
Church of St John
29.10.76
II*
1878-87, by J Pearson. Early English style. Red brick, with stone dressings. Tall west front with grouped lancets, flanked by square turrets with pyramidal stone roofs. Lean to round-arch narthex, 4-bay nave with double aisles, transepts, straight-ended chancel and south chapel Stock brick interior, with a brick and stone vaulted roof, tall clerestory with wall-passage and west gallery. Stone rood screen and reredos with many statues. South transept was intended to carry a tower which was never built. Restored after bomb damage by Carol and Partners, 1946-51.
Listing NGR: TQ3360969805
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 201259
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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