Church of St John the Evangelist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1145473
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1145473
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Hesket
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 49707 37164
Details
NY 43 NE HESKET PLUMPTON
10/177 Church of St John the Evangelist
G.V. II
Church. Dated 1907, by Sir Robert Lorimer. Mixed red and orange Penrith sandstone, coursed rubble walls, under graduated greenslate roofs with lead rainwater heads and downspouts. 3-bay nave with south porch and square 2-storey south tower; single-bay chancel with north vestry. Chancel has battered gabled porch with pointed inner and outer arches. 2- and 3-light windows, that in west wall of 5 lights. Battered tower has narrow round-arched doorway and projecting angle turret. Square bell openings with almond-shaped fretwork, under shaped battlements. West gable buttress has datestone. Interior has no fixed pews, but has other fine woodwork; the linen-fold panelled doors, the barrel-vaulted panelled ceiling and linen-fold panelled pulpit. Figurative stained glass in one window by Morris & Co. 1906. This is not listed in Christopher Hussey's book on Lorimer, but a brass inscription plate gives the architect's name and that of the patron, Joseph Harris of Brackenburgh.
Listing NGR: NY4970737164
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 73901
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hussey, C, The Work of Sir Robert Lorimer, (1931)
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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