Description

NY 03 NE CROSSCANONBY CROSSCANONBY

11/47 Church of St John

3.3.67
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Parish church. C12 with C13 and C14 alterations, restoration 1880. Red
sandstone blocks, probably from a Roman building, under graduated greenslate
roof with coped gables and cross finials. 3-bay nave with south porch, north
vestry and west open bellcote. Lower single-bay chancel with south chapel,
common to south aisle. Nave has 2-light C19 windows in north wall. Porch has
pointed arch under ogee-headed niche. South aisles and side chapel have small
chamfered-surround windows. Stone set into wall inscribed I.F.B.P. West wall
has built-in medieval graveslab fragment. Chancel has one original tall narrow
window in south wall and 3-light C19 east window. North side of nave roof has 2
C20 dormer windows with leaded panes. Rainwater heads on chancel dated 1880.
Interior has C13 elliptical arcade arch with the remains of a blocked C12 south
window above. C13 square font with stiff-leaf ornament on columned shaft. Open
queenpost roof. C12 narrow segmental chancel arch. Chancel has piscina and
aumbry. Royal Arms dated 1733 with 4 text boards of similar date. Over the
chancel arch is a framed early C18 painting of the Last Supper, probably by
Matthias Read, who also designed a wall plaque in chancel to Joseph & William
Senhouse. Stained-glass east window by John Scott of Carlisle, 1849. See
Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, new
series, xiii, pp.255-260.

Listing NGR: NY0691939004

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St John the Evangelist's Church, Crosscanonby at Wikipedia
• St John the Evangelist's Church, Crosscanonby official website
• Wikidata Q7593778

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