Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1149974
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1149974
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH 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, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Hunsingore
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 42852 53578
Details
NORTH YORKSI]RE HARROGATE 5338
SE 45 SW HUNSINGORE CHURCH STREET (north side)
6/59 Church of St. John the Baptist
GV II
Church of St. John the Baptist. 1867-68 by Charles Kirk of Sleaford for John Dent of Ribston Hall. Pink sandstone and ashlar, Wesmorland slate roof. C14 Gothic-style 4-bay nave with north and south aisles; tower of 3 stages with tall broach spire at west end of south aisle; south porch; 2-bay choir with apsidal chancel. South porch has hood-mould with head stops (possibly Queen Victoria and the donor). Main door has fine wrought- iron strap hinges. 2- and 3- light plate tracery windows throughout. Lucarnes to spire. Off-set flat buttresses to chancel. Decorative stonework to eaves, ashlar copings. Interior: lofty arcade with pointed arches to south aisle, original fittings throughout, including font beneath tower, pulpit, fine organ and reredos with decorated polychrome tiles. Grey marble floor to chancel. Original light fittings. Window glass: west end by Meyer of Munich, east end by Hughes of London. Stone memorial to Sir Henry Goodricke, d.1833, at east end of south arcade. Many brass memorials to members of the Dent family, including one to Joseph Jonathan Dent Dent (sic), d.1907 after a ministry of 52 years in the parish. H. Speight, Nidderdale, 1894, p.151.
Listing NGR: SE4285253578
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 330638
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Speight, H, Nidderdale, (1894), 151
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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