Church of St John and Attached Forecourt Railings
CHURCH OF ST JOHN AND ATTACHED FORECOURT RAILINGS, LEMON STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1201497
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jan-1971
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN AND ATTACHED FORECOURT RAILINGS, LEMON STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1201497
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jan-1971
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN AND ATTACHED FORECOURT RAILINGS, LEMON STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN AND ATTACHED FORECOURT RAILINGS, LEMON STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Truro
- National Grid Reference:
- SW 82447 44479
Details
TRURO
SW8244SW LEMON STREET 880-1/10/177 (East side) 08/01/71 Church of St John and attached forecourt railings
GV II
Anglican church, for Peel parish. 1828. By Philip Sambell, altered 1893-1900. Granite ashlar to west street elevation, otherwise local stone rubble with freestone, granite and brick dressings; dry Delabole slate roof hipped at the west end; cast-iron ogee gutters. Rectangular aisleless plan with apsidal chancel. Symmetrical 3-bay west front has corner pilasters and parapet with projecting central bay surmounted by a cupola on 6 slender wooden Tuscan columns; central rose window over bowed porch projection with blind arcade of 5 round arches and moulded parapet; flanking bays are blind. There is a round-arched doorway in each of the returns of the central bay and a truncated rose window above. Adjoining on the left is a C15 or C16 four-centred-arched doorway with square hoodmould. INTERIOR not inspected but has a gallery on painted columns (Pevsner). SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: original iron railings have spear-headed shafts and turned stanchions. (The Truro Buildings Research Group: Lemon Street and its Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).
Listing NGR: SW8244744479
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 377493
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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Lemon Street and its Neighbourhood, (1980)
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