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Church of St John the Evangelist (Roman Catholic Church)

A Grade II Listed Building in Easingwold, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.1186 / 54°7'7"N

Longitude: -1.1922 / 1°11'31"W

OS Eastings: 452901

OS Northings: 469497

OS Grid: SE529694

Mapcode National: GBR NN3T.PB

Mapcode Global: WHD94.NQHY

Plus Code: 9C6W4R95+F4

Entry Name: Church of St John the Evangelist (Roman Catholic Church)

Listing Date: 11 August 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1262689

English Heritage Legacy ID: 382348

Also known as: St John's Church, Easingwold

ID on this website: 101262689

Location: St Johns Priory, Easingwold, North Yorkshire, YO61

County: North Yorkshire

District: Hambleton

Civil Parish: Easingwold

Built-Up Area: Easingwold

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Easingwold with Raskelf

Church of England Diocese: York

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Description


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SE 5269
200- /9/10002

EASINGWOLD
LONG STREET
Church of St John the Evangelist (Roman Catholic Church)

II
Roman Catholic church. 1830-33 by J A Hansom, altered 1870 by Hadfield & Sons of Sheffield. Ashlar with ashlar dressings and slate roof. Raised coped gables with kneelers. Plinth.

Single cell church with western porch. Gothic Revival style. West front has projecting single storey porch with buttresses and a raised coped gable with kneelers and a cross finial. Central pointed arch doorway with double plank doors in a chamfered surround with hood mould. Behind a tall triple lancet set within three tall lancets with round columns and double chamfered arches. Above a gabled bellcote with a pointed arch and bell. At the corners diagonal buttresses with set-offs. Eitherside five tall lancets in chamfered openings with buttresses between, the south side has the eastern two bays masked by a later brick lean-to.

Interior: has panelled wooden roof a wooden west gallery and late C19 pews installed 1934. The elaborate Gothic style altar and reredos is stone with polished marble columns, designed by Joseph Hansom Jnr in 1870.

Listing NGR: SE5290169497

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