Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1149283
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1149283
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, MAIN STREET
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 BAPTIST, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Pockley
- National Park:
- North York Moors
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 63730 86087
Details
SE 68 NW POCKLEY MAIN STREET (west side) 4/94 Church of St John the Baptist - - II
Church. 1870 and/or 1876. By Sir G G Scott or G G Scott Junior. In Gothic Revival style. Hammer dressed limestone, sandstone dressings, Westmorland slate roof. 3-bay nave with south porch and 2-bay chancel with vestry to north. West end: central buttress supports bellcote with 4 openings. South porch: pointed doorway with single-light trefoil- headed window above. Nave: 3-light windows with Reticulated tracery to south. Chancel: 2-light windows with Curvilinear tracery, and 3-light east window with Curvilinear tracery. Vestry: ogee-headed door to west, 2-light window with Curvilinear tracery to east. Interior: C13 font. Plain bowl on 6 attached shafts with moulded capitals. Screen of 1898-9 by Temple Moore. Pevsner, Yorkshire: The North Riding, 1966.
Listing NGR: SE6373086087
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 328320
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: The North Riding, (1966)
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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