Description

NY 43 NE HESKET PLUMPTON

10/177 Church of St John
the Evangelist

G.V. II

Church. Dated 1907, by Sir Robert Lorimer. Mixed red and orange Penrith
sandstone, coursed rubble walls, under graduated greenslate roofs with lead
rainwater heads and downspouts. 3-bay nave with south porch and square 2-storey
south tower; single-bay chancel with north vestry. Chancel has battered gabled
porch with pointed inner and outer arches. 2- and 3-light windows, that in west
wall of 5 lights. Battered tower has narrow round-arched doorway and projecting
angle turret. Square bell openings with almond-shaped fretwork, under shaped
battlements. West gable buttress has datestone. Interior has no fixed pews,
but has other fine woodwork; the linen-fold panelled doors, the barrel-vaulted
panelled ceiling and linen-fold panelled pulpit. Figurative stained glass in
one window by Morris & Co. 1906. This is not listed in Christopher Hussey's
book on Lorimer, but a brass inscription plate gives the architect's name and
that of the patron, Joseph Harris of Brackenburgh.

Listing NGR: NY4970737164

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26438616

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets