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
List entry Number: 1253560
Location
CHURCH OF ST JOHN, HOLLOW LANE
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Unitary Authority | Kingsley |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 06-Dec-1985
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 436680
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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
KINGSLEY C.P. HOLLOW LANE
SJ 57 NW
(North Side)
2/129 Church of St. John.
GV II
Church, 1849, by George Gilbert Scott. Red squared snecked sandstone
rubble; grey slate roofs. Recessed west tower and spire; nave with
south porch and short north aisle; chancel; north sacristan. Tower of
1 stage above nave roof: square west buttresses; triangular belfy
window with tracery of 3 circles; corbel table; splay-footed stone
spire with lucarnes on cardinal faces and clock dials on 3 of oblique
faces. Gabled porch; lean-to north aisle; cross-gabled sacristy.
Late C13 detailing with lancet and Geometrical windows. Oak doors on
ornate wrought iron hinges; shaped chimney to sacristy.
Interior. West baptistry with arches to vestries north and south;
tower arch with lower arch to each side to nave; red softwood north
aisle arcade of 3 bays; arch-braced principal rafters,
scissor-trussed common rafters;. corbelled chancel arch on semi-octagon
responds. Wrought iron screen by Scott. Octagonal font. Early and
mid C20 glass in chancel and easternmost window of north aisle. Stone
reredos with polished granite columns.
Listing NGR: SJ5475275014
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National Grid Reference: SJ 54752 75014
Map
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