Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 February 2021 to correct spelling of Shellard and to reformat the text to current standards

SJ 99 NE
4/23

HYDE
Godley
HIGH STREET(north side)
Church of St. John the Baptist

II
Church. 1849-50 for the Church Commissioners by E.H. Shellard, tower 1878. Snecked stone with graduated slate roof. Nave, aisles, chancel and west tower. Four-bay aisles and two bay chancel. The aisles are roofed separately and each bay has a weathered buttress, a stone plinth and a two-light window with bar tracery. Porch in bay one. Diagonal buttresses to chancel and three-light east window. The three stage tower has an octagonal corner stair turret of a slightly later date which is topped by a small spire. Stone plinth, diagonal buttresses, lancet openings, clock, two-light belfry openings and castellated parapet with gargoyles.

Interior: octagonal nave arcade columns with moulded bases and capitals. Double-chamfered chancel arch. Arch-braced roof trusses, wagon roof to chancel. Royal coat of arms above west door.

Listing NGR: SJ9582495346

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26320846

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)