Latitude: 54.3683 / 54°22'6"N
Longitude: -2.6501 / 2°39'0"W
OS Eastings: 357860
OS Northings: 497176
OS Grid: SD578971
Mapcode National: GBR 9KYX.1V
Mapcode Global: WH93W.8G9H
Plus Code: 9C6V989X+8X
Entry Name: Church of St John
Listing Date: 21 February 1989
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1086874
English Heritage Legacy ID: 75661
Also known as: St John the Evangelist's Church, Grayrigg
ID on this website: 101086874
Location: St John's Church, Grayrigg, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA8
County: Westmorland and Furness
District: South Lakeland
Civil Parish: Grayrigg
Traditional County: Westmorland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Grayrigg
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Church building
SD 59 NE GRAYRIGG A685 (North side)
7/79 Church of St John
II
Church. 1837 with tower of 1869. By George Webster. Stone rubble with slobbered mortar, roughcast to south facade, ashlar dressings and slate roof; tower of dressed stone and ashlar. Nave, west tower and east apse. 5-bay nave has weathered buttresses and diagonal buttresses. Lancet windows have splayed reveals. Gabled south porch has pointed entrance and datestone: 1837. Coped gables with fleuron finials. Gabled apse has flanking lancets and 3 stepped lancets. Tower has diagonal buttresses. 3 stepped lancets under hoodmould to west face, with 2 lancets in 2-bay applied arcade above. Bell stage has sill course to 2-light louvred plate-tracery bell openings with hoodmoulds and head stops. String course with gargoyles and stepped embattled parapet. Interior: ceiling has braced beams, pendants, and 3 traceried roses. Tower arch has traceried glazed screen and flanking diagonal -buttresses; small octagonal font. Windows to east end have hoods with head stops, apparently in form of plaster casts of faces. Splayed arch to apse has roll moulding and shafts. East window has stained glass dated 1892. Pulpit has open cusped arches.
Listing NGR: SD5786097176
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