Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ST JOHNS ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1258025
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ST JOHNS ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Reference:
- IOE01/01860/11
- Rights:
- © Mr CA Packham. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1258025
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ST JOHNS ROAD
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 THE BAPTIST, ST JOHNS ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- High Peak (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 05617 73550
Details
BUXTON
SK0573NE ST JOHN'S ROAD 616-1/3/69 (North side) 25/01/51 Church of St John the Baptist
II
Church. 1802-1811 with portico infilled to form chancel in 1896. Designed by John White. Ashlar gritstone, with ashlar dressings, slate roof with stone stacks. STYLE: Neo-Classical. PLAN: cruciform. EXTERIOR: plinth, rusticated quoins and moulded eaves band and cornice. West front has 4 giant Doric pilasters topped by a broad pediment, with central doorway in moulded ashlar surround with hood and double panel doors with overlight divided into 5 round headed lights. Either side single windows with glazing bars, and above 3 circular windows. Tower rises from above western pediment on square base with cupola above, this has 4 round arches with panelled pilasters between and balusters between. Above octagonal panel stage with ball finials and copper octagonal dome with finial. South front has projecting centre topped with pediment and a single round headed window in moulded surround. Either side single similar round headed windows in moulded surrounds, and beyond set back ashlar sections with giant pilasters and moulded door surrounds with hoods, that to left blind, that to right with double panel doors. North front similar to south front. East front has former portico with giant square corner columns and circular columns in antis, now in-filled. Central round arched Venetian window with full overlight flanked by blind round headed windows with narrow slit windows all linked by a sill band, and below each of the outer windows a segment headed window. Whole front topped by broad pediment with panel inscribed MDCCCXI. INTERIOR: plain with pilastered walls, coved plaster ceiling. No aisles but shallow transepts. Baptistery 1876. West gallery with wooden supporting columns added 1911. Chancel with decorative mosaics and "opus sectile" side panels to altar, 1902. FITTINGS: include pulpit of 1867 designed by Henry Currey. Font 1875. Reredos 1896-7. The carved choir and clergy stalls incorporate rams heads as wrought-iron brackets. Organ by W Hill 1897. STAINED GLASS: 2 windows to the North side are by CE Kempe 1897-1903. Also one window to the South side (1920) and the East window are reputed to be by Kempe and Co. There are 3 memorial tablets to the Duke of Devonshire's agents. The north-west window is reputed to be original. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Derbyshire: Harmondsworth: 1953-1986: 115; Leach John: The Book Of Buxton: Leicester: 1987-).
Listing NGR: SK0561773550
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 463208
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Derbyshire, (1953), 115
Leach, J, The Book of Buxton, (1987)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 05-Jun-2026 at 10:56:39.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.