Church of St John

CHURCH OF ST JOHN, CHURCH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1151146
Date first listed:
13-Jan-1986
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST JOHN, CHURCH STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1151146
Date first listed:
13-Jan-1986
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF ST JOHN, CHURCH STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST JOHN, CHURCH STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Barnsley (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SE 36616 10154

Details

SE31SE BARNSLEY CHURCH STREET (west side), Carlton 2/15 Church of St. John GV II Church. 1879 by G. E. Street. Hammer-dressed stone, tile roof. 4-bay nave with 3-bay north aisle, 2-bay chancel with square tower over 1st bay on south side. 2-, 3-, and 4-light windows with Decorated tracery. Large 4-light east window. Two tall 2-light west windows separated by a buttress. Circle in west gable apex with 4 trefoils. Circular stair turret with conical roof on south side of tower. The tower rises one stage above the roof ridge and has 2-light, louvred belfry openings and a saddleback roof.

Interior: nave: 2-bay north arcade on short octagonal piers. Arch-braced roof. Chancel: Piscina and sedilia. Stone vaulted roof to 1st bay and wooden vaulted roof to 2nd bay. Wood-block floor. Round stone pulpit on pedestal with stone spiral stair. Straight-backed, straight-sided pews.

N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, 1967.

Listing NGR: SE3661610154

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333701
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Pevsner, N, Radcliffe, E, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: The West Riding, (1967)

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