Church of St John the Evangelist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BERNARD STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246708
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BERNARD STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246708
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BERNARD STREET
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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 THE EVANGELIST, BERNARD STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sheffield (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 36423 87584
Details
SHEFFIELD
SK38NE BERNARD STREET 784-1/6/78 Church of St John the Evangelist 28/06/73
II
Formerly known as: Church of St John the Evangelist PARK HILL. Parish church. 1836-38. By ME Hadfield. Altered c1890 by EM Gibbs. Late C20 additions to north and east. Coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and slate and lead roofs. Gothic Revival style. PLAN: chancel, porches, nave, west tower and spire, chapels and meeting rooms. EXTERIOR: single bay chancel has to east a graduated triple lancet. On either side, a lean-to porch with round-arched east window. South porch has round-arched doorway. To north-east, a single storey octagonal addition with flat roof, linked to the original building by a corridor with a transomed 5-light wooden framed window. On the north side, a double door. 7 bay nave has plinth, buttresses, moulded eaves and coped gables, the east one with a gable stack. On each side, 7 tall single lancets with hoodmoulds. West end has diagonal buttresses topped with pinnacles. At the west end of the north aisle, a round-arched doorway. Square west tower, 2 stages, has angle buttresses to the lower stage, and clasping buttresses above, topped with pinnacles. Lower stage has to west a Norman style doorway with dogtooth ornament under a steep gable, and to north and south, a round-arched window. Taller upper stage is blank to east and on the other sides has 3 tall lancet bell-openings with a clock above them. Octagonal broach spire has ornamental bands and a single tier of 4 gabled lucarnes, plus finial. To north, 2 linked mid C20 octagonal additions, yellow brick with buttressed blue brick basements. Larger addition, to east, has square truncated pyramidal roof. To south, a tall 5-light window, and to east, a flat-roofed projection with a single lancet to east. Smaller addition, to west, has flat roof and similar 3-light window. Corridor adjoining church has 2 tall single windows. INTERIOR not inspected. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West Riding: London: 1967-: 458).
Listing NGR: SK3642387584
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 455726
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Radcliffe, E, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: The West Riding, (1967), 458
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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