Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ELTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1335208
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ELTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1335208
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 23-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ELTON 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 THE BAPTIST, ELTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- Derbyshire Dales (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Winster
- National Park:
- Peak District
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 23947 60575
Details
SK 23 60 PARISH OF WINSTER ELTON ROAD 3/21 (South Side) 12.7.67 Church of St John the Baptist GV II
Anglican Church. Tower dated 1721, with alterations and additions in 1840-2 by Habershon, and in 1883 by A Roland Barker. Ashlar gritstone,with coped gables, moulded eavesband and Welsh slated roof. West tower, south porch,nave with central arcade, chancel with organ chamber and vestry. C18 tower with quoins and chamfered plinth, and moulded stringcourse above ground floor windows and below plain parapet. Tower windows with segmental heads and stone frames, and later doorway with chamfered, quoined surround and Tudor arched head. Four bay nave, bays delineated by stepped buttresses. South side porch with banded gable and stone slated roof. 'Y' tracery windows with transoms beneath four centred arched heads. Hoodmoulds with stops. Gables to vestry and organ chamber with 2-light traceried windows beneath hood- moulds. 3-light east window to chancel beneath hoodmould with stops. Interior: Gallery at west end supported on stone columns. Nave arcade with slender quatrefoil shafts, ending at the chancel end with diagonal chancel arches springing from a heavily foliated capital. Stained glass window to chancel south wall by Burne-Jones (Morris & Co 1883). Curious font, with circular bowl on a conical foot and carvings of Romanesque character, but so crisp as to appear to be later work.
Listing NGR: SK2394760575
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 80213
- 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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