Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1286360
- Date first listed:
- 29-May-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1286360
- Date first listed:
- 29-May-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Rotherham (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Wales
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 47757 82683
Details
WALES CHURCH STREET
SK48SE
(east side)
4/102 Church of St. John
29.5.66 the Baptist
II*
Church. Early C12 nave and chancel altered and tower added C15, C18 vestry;
new nave and south aisle added 1897 both extended to east c1930. Ashlar, rubble
and dressed sandstone, Welsh slate and tile roofs. West tower, C12 2-bay nave
and chancel now form north aisle and chapel, C19 4-bay nave overlaps tower and
has separately-roofed aisle with porch to south, C20 chancel extends beyond
C12 chancel by 2 bays, C20 1-bay extension to south aisle. Tower: Perpendicular
style; 3 stages. Chamfered plinth and moulded band. Diagonal buttresses flank
pointed-arched 3-light west window with hoodmould; string courses below and
above clock; pointed 2-light louvred belfry openings; north gargoyle beneath
altered parapet, pitched roof. C12 nave: large quoins to rubble heightened
in C15 ashlar; 2 hollow-chamfered, Tudor-arched 3-light windows; string course
from tower beneath embattled parapet. C12 chancel: lower and narrower and with
lean-to north vestry having 2-light chamfered, mullioned window; C15 ashlar
north wall above; gable copings with cross. C19 and C20 additions in Perpendicular
style with gable copings and crosses, the C20 work in snecked walling. West
door with moulded, pointed arch and pinnacles beneath 5-light west window with
hoodmould. Large buttress on right with 3-light west window to aisle gable.
South porch to bay 2 of aisle has early-C12 south door refixed within: shafted
jambs, beak-headed voussoirs, chequer and lozenge work in tympanum, damaged
carving over. 3-light and 4-light windows to other C19 bays; C20 bay 5 with
south door on right of 4-light mullioned window, single-light window over door;
east bellcote. Diagonal east buttresses flank C20 4-light chancel window.
Interior: C15 tower arch has chamfered quoins and corbelled inner order partly
chamfered. Nave: C15 roof with moulded, cambered tie beams and original rafters
and purlins, carved bosses. Chancel arch: early C12, inner order on 1/2-columned
imposts and 1/4 columns towards nave; volutes and heads to the capitals; zig-
zag ornament to outer order. C19 2-bay arcade into new nave and similar 4-
bay arcade into south aisle, all have octagonal piers, moulded capitals and
double-chamfered pointed arches. Fittings: circular font on double-chamfered
plinth. Hexagonal pulpit dated 1727 with fielded panels, contemporary splat-
balustered communion rail and panelling to old chancel. Stained glass: 3 late
medieval panels in north windows; 1st World War memorial window in old chancel.
Monuments: to left of old chancel east window, a marble wall wall monument to
Sir Thomas Hewett (d1726) and wife (d1756).
Listing NGR: SK4775782683
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 335853
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/52954
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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