Description

NU 0139 LOWICK MAIN STREET
(North side)

13/101 Church of St. John

GV II

Parish Church. Nave and tower 1794, Gothicized mid C19. Chancel added 1887
by F.R. Wilson. Tower and nave roughcast with ashlar dressings. Chancel
snecked rubble. Rock-faced buttresses. Lakeland slate roof.

Nave, chancel, west tower and north vestry.

Nave and tower have rusticated quoins. Tower has pointed-arched south door.
Inscription above.

THIS CHAPEL REBUILT AN DOM 1794
REV GEORGE GOODWILL MINISTER
WILL SMITH CHAPEL GEO HALL
THO HILL WARDENS GEO SAMPLE
HENRY PENNY SELBY MORTON ARCHIT

Band above and paired lancet bell openings. C19 saddleback roof.

4-bay nave with paired lancets.

3-bay chancel with lancets. 5-light east window with Geometric tracery.

Gabled roof with flat coping.

Interior has Victorian hammer-beam roof. Nave south window with figures of
St. George and St. Constance, in style of Morris and Co. 1902. Reredos has
late C19 naturalistic carving.

Listing NGR: NU0119239649

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26294192

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Recommended Books

• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets