CHURCH OF ST JOHN

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1362391
Date first listed:
20-Oct-1983
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST JOHN, CHURCH STREET

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Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST JOHN, CHURCH STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Blackpool (Unitary Authority)
National Grid Reference:
SD 30913 36285

Details

SD 33 NW BLACKPOOL CHURCH STREET

2/4 Church of St. John

II

Church, 1878, by Garlick Park and Sykes. Stone with slate roofs. Nave with low aisles, tall transepts, apsidal chancel, south west tower. Early English style. Tower of 4 stages with angled buttresses rising to prominent pinnacles and finials, 2 tall belfry louvres on each side. Aisles have 3 triple-lancet windows, nave has three 3-light plate-traceried windows under 2-centred arches. Transepts have 2 tall lancet-shaped windows with plate-tracery; chancel has three 3-light windows with similar tracery. Interior: nave arcade of cylindrical columns with circular caps simply moulded, supporting three 2-centred arches with moulded soffits. Gallery at west end. Wall posts on corbels at clerestory level; wagon roof with small hammer beams linked by metal tie-rods. Chancel has screen in Gothic style, and wooden panelling with Gothic decoration. Pulpit has suspended sounding-board with domical cap of intricate open-work.

Listing NGR: SD3091336285

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
183660
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.

End of official listing

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