Church of St John
CHURCH OF ST JOHN, GRANVILLE TERRACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1196740
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, GRANVILLE TERRACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1196740
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, GRANVILLE TERRACE
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, GRANVILLE TERRACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Stafford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stone
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 90186 34258
Details
STONE
SJ93SW GRANVILLE TERRACE, Stone 651-1/4/22 (North East side) Church of St John
II
Congregational church, now Methodist/United Reformed church. 1870. By G.Bidlake; for J.Crossley of Halifax. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings, some plastered brick; slate roof with brick stack. Decorated Gothic style. Rectangular structure with tower and rear vestry. Front has gabled centre with flanking elements under hipped roofs; tower to left end. Plinth, sill course and coped gable. Central entrance has shafts and pointed tympanum, plain paired doors; similar entrances to flanking elements. 5-light window with Geometrical Decorated tracery, small lights to flanking elements. 2-bay applied arcades flank entrance, with outer lancets and inner incised panels, flanking offset buttresses; right end is canted. 3-stage tower has traceried lancet to 2nd stage; top stage has paired bell openings with trefoil heads in square-headed recesses with colonnettes, pierced iron screens; clock above has flanking traceried panels; top cornice and broach spire. Left return of 5 bays, the 2nd breaks forward under gable; offset buttresses and top parapet; 2-light segmental-pointed windows to lower level; 2-light pointed windows to upper level, the hood moulds are sharper. Vestry to left end has entrance in weathered projection with oriel above, which has 2-light plate tracery window to left; rounded angle and segmental-pointed entrance to return, most of which, with rear, is plastered; brick stack. Right return similar: no gabled bay but canted projection to left end. INTERIOR: gallery on iron columns to all 4 sides has timber front with arched panels and enriched iron detailing; large pulpit has arcaded balustrade and communion rail; organ in arched recess behind gallery; pews with arcaded fronts. A good example of its type with well preserved interior. An important landmark to the town. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London: 1974-: 269).
Listing NGR: SJ9018634258
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 385994
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, (1974), 269
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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