Church of St John Evangelist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN EVANGELIST, CROSSLEY 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:
- 1283506
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John Evangelist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN EVANGELIST, CROSSLEY 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
- Date:
- 2001-06-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/04240/28
- Rights:
- © Mr Peter Sargeant. 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:
- 1283506
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John Evangelist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN EVANGELIST, CROSSLEY 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 EVANGELIST, CROSSLEY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- St. Helens (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 49865 94093
Details
SJ 49 SE ST. HELENS CROSSLEY ROAD (west side)
7/76 Church of Saint John - Evangelist
- II
Church. 1869-70. J.M. and H. Taylor. Rubble walling of stone and industrial waste with brick banding and brick and stone dressings, slate roof. Nave with double-pitched roof and north porch; chancel with north chapel and south organ loft under lean-to roofs. Nave of 4 bays with deep, weathered buttresses flanked by lancets. Porch has lean-to roof and gabled entrance. West end has triple lancets with window above of 4-lights with simple brick tracery; flanking buttresses and end paired lancets. Chancel has clerestory with 2 lancets; east window of 3 lights with Geometrical tracery with flanking gabled and panelled buttresses. Chapel has window of 4 lancets to north and east 2-light window with patterned brick tympanum. Organ loft has 2-light window with segmental-headed lights and patterned brick tympanum. Bellcote at junction of nave and chancel and flanking pinnacles with eagle finials. Lateral stack to south side of chancel. Interior has nave roof of double hammer beam trusses. Brick walls with some polychromy. Chancel screen of wrought iron dated 1885. Font of pudding basin form with 4 angle shafts. Pulpit has square brick base and octagonal top with broaches in angles and cusped niche. Chancel has 3-bay arcading with no moulding or capitals. Timber reredos. Chapel has C20 screen. Good stained glass east window of 1884; lower west window commemorates nurse who died in South African war, 1900.
Listing NGR: SJ4986594093
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 216366
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 25-Jun-2026 at 02:12:00.
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.