Church of St John the Evangelist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, A 696
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1370514
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, A 696
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1370514
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, A 696
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 EVANGELIST, A 696
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Otterburn
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 88543 93130
Details
OTTERBURN A 696 NY 89 SE (North side)
25/34 Church of St. John 10.11.51 the Evangelist
GV II
Parish church. 1858 by John Dobson. Ashlar with Lakeland slate roof. Decorated style. South-west tower with spire, nave, chancel and north vestry.
Tower: small and octagonal with gabled buttresses on alternate sides; trefoiled bell openings set in blank trefoiled arches separated by columns with shaft rings. Low octagonal spire.
Four-bay nave: gabled porch to left has multi-moulded, pointed-arched doorway. Three one-light windows with cusping. Gabled buttresses with offsets between each bay. West end has two 2-light windows with buttress between, and traceried lunette above.
Two-bay chancel has 2-light windows. Five-light east window with Geometric tracery.
Steeply-pitched gabled roofs with overhanging coping and foliated cross finials.
Interior: In the porch a cross head. Open timber roofs with scissor braces. Rere arches of all openings have labels with head stops. Altar frontal is a high-relief wood copy of 'The Last Supper' by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Listing NGR: NY8854393130
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 239694
- 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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