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Church of St John

A Grade II Listed Building in Sandown, Isle of Wight

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.6583 / 50°39'29"N

Longitude: -1.153 / 1°9'10"W

OS Eastings: 459963

OS Northings: 84632

OS Grid: SZ599846

Mapcode National: GBR 9DF.P93

Mapcode Global: FRA 87GB.JMD

Plus Code: 9C2WMR5W+8Q

Entry Name: Church of St John

Listing Date: 14 February 1992

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1034282

English Heritage Legacy ID: 310206

Also known as: Church of The Good Shepherd, Lake

ID on this website: 101034282

Location: Parish Church St John the Evangelist, Sandown, Isle of Wight, PO36

County: Isle of Wight

Civil Parish: Sandown

Built-Up Area: Sandown

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Isle of Wight

Church of England Parish: Sandown St John the Evangelist

Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth

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Description


SANDOWN SZ58SE CARTER STREET 1352-0/4/170 Church of St John II Church. 1880-1 by C L Luck in Early English style. Built of coursed rubble with modern pantiled roofs. Nave and chancel in one, 4 bays to nave, 1 bay to chancel, north and south aisles and octagonal shingled spirelet on roof between nave and chancel. West front has tall lancet windows and tall buttresses. 5 double trefoliated windows to clerestorey, separated by stepped buttresses. Aisles have traceried windows, triple lancets in arched surrounds, the central higher and with quatrefoil motifs. South front gabled with cross-shaped saddlestone. Arched doorcase with engaged columns. Spacious interior with large arches supported on circular columns. Octagonal font with trefoil decoration. Elaborate octagonal stone lectern of 1903 with carved figure of saint and marble columns. East wall arcaded with 6 large trefoliated stained glass windows. Wooden louvred reredos. Sedilia and screen to side chapels. Wooden roof of hammerbeam type with crenellated tie beam.

Listing NGR: SZ5996384632

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