Church of St John
CHURCH OF ST JOHN, RUFFORD ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379755
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, RUFFORD ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2007-08-23
- Reference:
- IOE01/16006/07
- Rights:
- © Dr Geoffrey Court. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379755
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, RUFFORD 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, RUFFORD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sefton (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 37484 20076
Details
SOUTHPORT
SD3720SW RUFFORD ROAD, Crossens
664-1/13/299 (East side)
Church of St John
GV II
Church. 1883-5, by JW Connon of Leeds. Rock-faced yellow
sandstone with red sandstone dressings, slate roofs with red
ridge tiles.
STYLE: Gothic.
PLAN: nave with north-west tower, south-west porch, coupled
north and south transepts, polygonal apse.
EXTERIOR: tower of narrow proportions, with angle buttresses,
polygonal vice to half height, slightly set-back belfry stage
with coupled 2-light windows which have bar tracery and stone
louvres, corbel table and embattled parapet.
West gable of nave has coupled 2-centred arched windows with
Geometric tracery.
2-storey gabled porch has 2-centred arched doorway chamfered
in 2 orders, and a 2-light mullioned window above.
North and south walls of nave have windows of 3 trefoil
lights; coupled gables of transepts have tall plate-traceried
3-light windows.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: SD3748420076
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 479162
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 05-Jun-2026 at 11:19:11.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.