Description

SE 76 NW WHITWELL-ON-THE-HILL TOUT HILL
(east side)

4/65 Church of St. John
Evangelist

II*

Church. 1858-60 by G.E. Street. Sandstone ashlar, plain tile roof. 2-bay nave with
South porch, 2-bay chancel with tower to south and vestry to north. In High Victorian
Gothic style. West front: 4 lancets with cusped heads beneath rose window containing
cinquefoils. Pointed south door with fine decorative wrought-iron hinges flanked by
attached shafts with stylised foliage capitals. 3-light pointed windows to nave.
2-stage tower with semi-circular staircase turret to west and cusped lancets. Twin
belfry openings with plate tracery roundels above. Broach spire with lucarnes. Chancel:
2-light pointed windows with quatrefoil roundels. Vestry: 3 cusped lancets beneath
quatrefoil roundel. East end: 3-light window with 3 traceried roundels in head. Interior
contains 5-panel reredos, pulpit and font, all with marble inlay.

Listing NGR: SE7242265889

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17539539

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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