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Latitude: 54.6402 / 54°38'24"N
Longitude: -1.2387 / 1°14'19"W
OS Eastings: 449231
OS Northings: 527502
OS Grid: NZ492275
Mapcode National: GBR MGSS.MD
Mapcode Global: WHD6L.YM9L
Plus Code: 9C6WJQR6+3G
Entry Name: Church of St John the Baptist
Listing Date: 16 November 1967
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1263522
English Heritage Legacy ID: 432123
Also known as: Church of St John the Baptist, Greatham, County Durham
ID on this website: 101263522
Location: Church of St John the Baptist, Greatham, Hartlepool, County Durham, TS25
County: Hartlepool
Civil Parish: Greatham
Built-Up Area: Greatham
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham
Church of England Parish: Greatham
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Church building
GREATHAM WEST ROW NZ 4927 12/32 Church of St. John the Baptist. 16.11.67
-- II*
Church, late C12 nave arcades, nave of c.1792 in earlier materials; chancel and easternmost bay of nave, of 1855/56 in Decorated style by J.P. Pritchett to designs of J. Middleton; clearstoreys of 1869 by R.J. Withers; vestry and organ chamber of 1881; tower of 1909 by C. Hodgson Fowler; all on Anglo Saxon foundation. Dressed, snecked limestone; dressed limestone to tower; Welsh slate to nave roof; other roofs of Lakeland slate. Aisled and clearstoried nave, lower chancel, north-east organ chamber, south-east vestry, north-west porch and west tower. 3-stage tower with slender clasping buttresses and embattled parapet. Sculptured figure in niche to 2nd stage on north face. 5-bay nave and 2-bay chancel have Early English style windows, with plate tracery to aisles and chancel; circular quatrefoil windows to clearstorey. 4 bays of nave arcades are C12 with circular piers; westernmost bays are mid C19 with octagonal piers; all have pointed double-chamfered arches with exception of 2nd and 4th bays of north aisle which have double chevron moulding facing nave. Pre-Reformation altar mensa of Frosterley marble, on 2 early eleventh century baluster shafts. Pre-Reformation, Frosterley marble, circular font bowl on shaft and moulded base. Built into north wall of north aisle are fragments of sculptured masonry of C8 to C12. 2 bells cast in 1837. V.C.H., Durham, Vol. 3, 1928, pp. 245-246.
Listing NGR: NZ4923127502
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