Church of St John and St Mary Magdalene
CHURCH OF ST JOHN AND ST MARY MAGDALENE, LOCKWOOD ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1151169
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-1963
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN AND ST MARY MAGDALENE, LOCKWOOD ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1151169
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-1963
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 18-Apr-1985
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN AND ST MARY MAGDALENE, LOCKWOOD ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN AND ST MARY MAGDALENE, LOCKWOOD ROAD
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 46352 04559
Details
SE40SE DEARNE LOCKWOOD ROAD (east side), Goldthorpe
7/38 Church of St. John and St. Mary Magdalene 23.8.63 (formerly listed as Church of Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Mary Magdalen) II Church. 1914-1916. By A. Y. Nutt. Reinforced concrete with exposed aggregate,pantile roof. 5-bay nave with aisles embracing square tower at south-west corner, 2-bay apsidal chancel with south chapel and gabled projections to north. Simplified Italianate style. Rectangular and tall round-headed lights in projecting square-faced surrounds, pilaster- strips at angles and between bays linking to projecting bands at eaves and verges. West front: shallow projecting porch flanked by small rectangular windows above which are tall round-headed lights. Central sculpture of Christ on the Cross set beneath moulded segmental canopy. Flanking strips continued to verge and crossed by band at eaves level. Tower to right: 3 stages with 2 rectangular windows to lower stages, to upper stage a tall arcade of 4 round-headed openings to each side. Hipped roof surmounted by large clock in decorative wood framework beneath a domed cupola. Nave: windows grouped 3 : 2 : 3 : 2 : 3, all round-headed with iron glazing bars, pilaster-strips between bays, reinforcing now exposed. Lower chancel in similar style: 4 round- headed lights to north chapel, small 3-light windows to apse. Interior: gallery at west end, 5 bay arcades with tall round arches, concrete tie-beam to each bay. Heavily-carved hexagonal wooden-pulpit, C18 Flemish. Imposing concrete baldicchino with tall Corinthian columns and imposts beneath an open segmental pediment. An early experiment in ferro-concrete construction now showing some of its faults. The tower forms a notable landmark.
Listing NGR: SE4635204559
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 333666
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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