Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ALGERNON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1162779
- Date first listed:
- 02-Sept-1987
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ALGERNON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1162779
- Date first listed:
- 02-Sept-1987
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ALGERNON ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BOLTON ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ALGERNON ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BOLTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Salford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 73509 03842
Details
WORSLEY ALGERNON ROAD SD 70 SW (south side) 1/21 Church of St. John the - Baptist - II
Church. 1876. By J.M. and H. Taylor. Snecked stone with slate roof. Nave and polygonal chancel with north side chapel, transeptal vestry and organ chamber and crossing tower. Gothic Revival. 5-bay nave (no aisles) with 2 lancet windows in each bay and buttresses to south only. Baptistry under outshut roof adjacent to gabled porch. 2-bay chapel with cusp-headed lights. Gabled transept with tall 2-light Geometrical tracery windows. Cusped lancet to each side of polygonal chancel. Two 2-light west windows. The octagonal tower rises from a square via broaches; it has cusped belfry openings, a broach spire with lucarnes and a square stair turret in the angle between chancel and organ chamber. Interior: impressive scissor-braced rafter roof with wrought-iron ties. Double-chamfered chancel arch on corbels with foliated capitals. Unusual open pulpit adjacent to 2- bay side chapel arcade which has a plaster spandrel with figures and a text in relief. Bowl font on colonnettes. Stained glass. In planning, detailing and construction the church has all the quality and individuality which one expects from the Taylors.
Listing NGR: SD7350903842
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 211978
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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