Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WEST ROW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1263522
- Date first listed:
- 16-Nov-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WEST ROW
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1263522
- Date first listed:
- 16-Nov-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WEST ROW
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, WEST ROW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Hartlepool (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Greatham
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 49231 27502
Details
GREATHAM WEST ROW NZ 4927 12/32 Church of St. John the Baptist. 16.11.67
-- II*
Church, late C12 nave arcades, nave of c.1792 in earlier materials; chancel and easternmost bay of nave, of 1855/56 in Decorated style by J.P. Pritchett to designs of J. Middleton; clearstoreys of 1869 by R.J. Withers; vestry and organ chamber of 1881; tower of 1909 by C. Hodgson Fowler; all on Anglo Saxon foundation. Dressed, snecked limestone; dressed limestone to tower; Welsh slate to nave roof; other roofs of Lakeland slate. Aisled and clearstoried nave, lower chancel, north-east organ chamber, south-east vestry, north-west porch and west tower. 3-stage tower with slender clasping buttresses and embattled parapet. Sculptured figure in niche to 2nd stage on north face. 5-bay nave and 2-bay chancel have Early English style windows, with plate tracery to aisles and chancel; circular quatrefoil windows to clearstorey. 4 bays of nave arcades are C12 with circular piers; westernmost bays are mid C19 with octagonal piers; all have pointed double-chamfered arches with exception of 2nd and 4th bays of north aisle which have double chevron moulding facing nave. Pre-Reformation altar mensa of Frosterley marble, on 2 early eleventh century baluster shafts. Pre-Reformation, Frosterley marble, circular font bowl on shaft and moulded base. Built into north wall of north aisle are fragments of sculptured masonry of C8 to C12. 2 bells cast in 1837. V.C.H., Durham, Vol. 3, 1928, pp. 245-246.
Listing NGR: NZ4923127502
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 432123
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Durham, (1928)
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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