List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
List entry Number: 1138997
Location
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Cheshire East | Unitary Authority | Bollington |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 09-Dec-1983
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 57931
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SJ 97 NW BOLLINGTON CHURCH STREET
(West Side)
2/14 Church of St. John the
Baptist.
II
Church: 1832-4 by Hayley and Brown for the Church Commissioners.
Hammer-dressed buff sandstone with ashlar dressings, and Welsh slate
roof. The church has a 5-bay nave, short chancel, west tower and
small vestry at the east. Bays of nave, divided by set-back
buttresses, have tall splayed 2-light windows with Y-tracery, under a
continuous label mould. Embattled parapets. Nave ends in octagonal
buttresses with pointed finials. Similar buttresses to chancel which
has a triple lancet window. 4-stage tower has similar corner
buttresses and on flanking walls. Rebated pointed west doorcase has a
3-light window with intersecting tracery above. 3rd stage has a clock
and 4th stage louvred bell openings similar to nave windows.
Embattled top.
Interior: Galleries on 3 sides, erected 1854, have lancet moulded
panels, and are supported on clusters of 4 thin iron columns.
Remainder of interior altered.
Listing NGR: SJ9389977781
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National Grid Reference: SJ 93899 77781
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