Parish Church of St John the Evangelist
PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BLUNHAM ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1321720
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BLUNHAM ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1321720
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address 1:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BLUNHAM 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:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BLUNHAM ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Moggerhanger
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 14239 49332
Details
TL 1449 MOGERHANGER BLUNHAM ROAD (East Side)
3/32 Parish Church of St John the Evangelist 31.10.66 GV II
Parish Church. 1860-1. By William Slater, for the widow of the Rev Edward Henry Dawkins of Mogerhanger House as a memorial to her husband. Coursed limestone rubble with bands of ironstone. Ashlar dressings. Clay tile roofs without coping or parapets. Nave, N and S aisles, N vestry, chancel tower, polygonal apse, stair turret to NE corner of tower. Early English style. Most windows are uncusped trefoiled lights. Most doors are pointed arched. Most openings have alternating voussoirs of ironstone and limestone. Nave has 3-bay arcades to both sides, with foliate capitals and polychrome banding to pointed arches. W elevation has central door with 3 windows above, flanked by a single light to each aisle. S aisle has 3 paired windows and S door. N aisle, extending to form vestry, has 4 paired windows and vestry door. Tower has ? lights to each side of bell-stage, single light and door to S elevation of bottom stage, and pyramidal roof. Apse has single light to each of 5 sides. Stair turret is polygonal, with Caernarvon arched doorway, and is lit by several small single lights. Interior: ornate circular font on 5 pillars, with carved scene of Christ receiving children. Most memorials are in form of stained glass, to various members of the Dawkins and Thornton families.
Listing NGR: TL1423949332
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 37958
- 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.
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