Church of St John
CHURCH OF ST JOHN, B6257
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1086913
- Date first listed:
- 21-Feb-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, B6257
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1086913
- Date first listed:
- 21-Feb-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, B6257
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, B6257
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Firbank
- National Park:
- Yorkshire Dales
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 62793 93575
Details
SD 69 SW FIRBANK B6257 (West side)
11/71 Church of St John
II
Church. 1842. Attributed to George Webster. Stone rubble with slobbered mortar and slate roof. 4-bay nave with chancel apse and west bell turret. Top cornice and coped gables with kneelers, finials to east. Weathered buttress towards west end, and diagonal buttresses. Apse has 3 stepped lancets. West end has pointed entrance, the datestone above reading: "AD/1841". Small corbelled square bell turret has string course and projecting embattled parapet; round-headed louvred bell openings. Interior: flat ceilings, that to apse with cornice and rose. Chancel arch has canted jambs with caps. Lord's Prayer, Creed, and Commandment boards. Roll moulding round east window. West gallery over vestry and stair. Altar rail on cast iron bracketed supports.
Listing NGR: SD6279393575
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 75650
- 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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