Church of St John
CHURCH OF ST JOHN, NEW ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1323716
- Date first listed:
- 24-Apr-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, NEW ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1323716
- Date first listed:
- 24-Apr-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, NEW 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, NEW ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- New Forest (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hythe and Dibden
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 42436 07870
Details
DIIBDEN
SU 40 NW
NEW ROAD
1860/9/10018
CHURCH OF ST JOHN
II
Anglican church. 1874, by John Oldrid Scott. Red brick with stone dressings. Clay plain tile roof. PLAN: Nave and chancel with bellcote over the chancel arch, and 4-bay north aisle with porch at west end, and originally with a chapel at the east end of the aisle. Victorian Gothic style. EXTERIOR: North and south stone 4-light stepped lancets in large brick 2-centred arches with brick hoodmoulds and stone string at the springing. Similar large 5-light east window flanked by big corner pinnacles. Large gabled bell-cote over chancel and big brick buttresses with weathered set-offs. At the west end two pairs of lancets with foiled rose window above in moulded 2-centred arch, and gabled porch in angle with aisle on left with cusped arch and wheel window on north side. INTERIOR: 4-bay stone north arcade with double-chamfered 2-centred arches and octagonal piers, plastered walls, stone rear-arches and moulded stone chancel arch with paired colonnette corbels. Open common-rafter roof to aisle and nave, boarded ceilure over cast end with cusped wooden arch and boarded chancel roof with ribs. Polygonal carved stone pulpit, and font at west end with square bowl on shafts. Choir stalls and nave benches intact, but seating and chapel in south aisle removed, and vestry built into west end of nave. Memorial stained glass.
SOURCE: Buildings of England, page 304.
DIIBDEN
SU 40 NW
NEW ROAD
1860/9/10018
St John's Church
II
Anglican church. 1874, by John Oldrid Scott. Red brick with stone dressings. Clay plain tile roof. PLAN: Nave and chancel with bellcote over the chancel arch, and 4-bay north aisle with porch at west end, and originally with a chapel at the east end of the aisle. Victorian Gothic style. EXTERIOR: North and south stone 4-light stepped lancets in large brick 2-centred arches with brick hoodmoulds and stone string at the springing. Similar large 5-light east window flanked by big corner pinnacles. Large gabled bell-cote over chancel and big brick buttresses with weathered set-offs. At the west end two pairs of lancets with foiled rose window above in moulded 2-centred arch, and gabled porch in angle with aisle on left with cusped arch and wheel window on north side. INTEPIOR: 4-bay stone north arcade with double-chamfered 2-centred arches and octagonal piers, plastered walls, stone rear-arches and moulded stone chancel arch with paired colonnette corbels. Open common-rafter roof to aisle and nave, boarded ceilure over cast end with cusped wooden arch and boarded chancel roof with ribs. Polygonal carved stone pulpit, and font at west end with square bowl on shafts. Choir stalls and nave benches intact, but seating and chapel in south aisle removed, and vestry built into west end of nave. Memorial stained glass.
SOURCE: Buildings of England, page 304.
Listing NGR: SU4133407920
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469241
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 304
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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