CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1259862
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jan-1988
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE, FRANKBY ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE, FRANKBY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wirral (Metropolitan Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 24704 87025
Details
SJ 28 NW HOYLAKE FRANKBY ROAD
(north side)
Frankby
4/14 Church of
St. John the
- Divine
- II
Church. 1861-2. By W. and J. Hay. Stone with banded slate
roof. 3-bay nave with north aisle and chancel with north
vestry. Nave has 2-light windows with Geometrical tracery
between buttresses. South gabled porch has entrance of one
order and small stained glass lights. West end has angle
buttresses and 2 traceried lights with quatrefoil above;
traceried light to aisle and stack to junction of nave and
aisle. Aisle has paired trefoil-headed lights. Lean-to
vestry has trefoil-headed lights, entrance with shouldered
lintel and 2-light east window. Nave east gable has bell-
cote. Chancel has diagonal buttresses and 3-light east
window; south traceried light, and high-placed small cusped
light to sanctuary. Interior: Arcade on round columns, hood
moulds with angel stops. Collar-truss roof with laminated
arch braces on corbels. Round font has interlaced blind
arcading. Dole cupboard mounted on wall, possibly C18, has
turned balusters to doors. 4 brass chandeliers. Chancel
arch has corbels with figures, to south side a sower.
Pulpit has canted ends and cusped niche. Chancel has north
organ loft with painted organ pipes and case. Panelled roof
painted with IHS monogram and eagle of St. John; cornice has
Tudor flower ornament. East wall has timber panelling. 2
cusped sedilia with central colonnette to south. Walls have
panels with IHS monogram and 4 paintings in bolection
moulded frames. Corona Lucis at west end of chancel. The
church has an excellent series of stained glass windows.
North aisle windows are Morris and Co. (Burne-Jones) 1873.
Chancel south-east (1877) and vestry, north (1870) by C.E.
Kempe. Chancel east (1859), south-west (1860s), nave south
(1860s), nave west (1868) and aisle north (1870s) by Clayton
and Bell.
Listing NGR: SJ2470487025
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 443635
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing