Description

SU 89 NW LACEY GREEN CHURCH LANE

7/69 Church of St John the
Evangelist
21.6.55

- II

Parish church, formerly chapel of ease. Nave of 1822-25 by J. Chadley;
chancel added 1871 by J. P. Seddon. Flint, Denner Hill stone quoins
and chamfered plinth, chamfered brick window surrounds, cogged brick
eaves. Roof re-tiled 1980. Cruciform nave; chancel with canted E. end
and small organ chamber to north. W. end of nave has gabled porch with
rendered 4-centred arch, and later brick chimney to -right. 3 bays of
rectangular 3-light transomed windows to N. and S., the centre bays
projecting with rendered Tudor hood-moulds over windows and rendered
crosses in gables. Blind panels with 4-centred arches to W.sides of
projections, N. projection with blocked 4-centred doorway to E. Later
C19 bell-cote between nave and chancel, also a buttress to S. Chancel
has flush brick band course, 2-light traceried stone windows, and arched
door to S. Interior: nave plastered and colourwashed with wide 4-centred
arches to central projections. Roof has slender hammer beam trusses with
central 4-centred arches and turned pendants. W. gallery with panelled
front on cast iron quatrefoil shafts. Armorial glass in central N.window
commemorating original donors. Chancel is lined with yellow brick and
patterned with red brick dressings and diapers. Steeply pointed chancel
arch, another arch to organ chamber. Painted wooden vault. Stained
glass of 1905.

Listing NGR: SU8249599869

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26418860

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)