Description

WORSLEY ALGERNON ROAD
SD 70 SW
(south side)
1/21 Church of
St. John the
- Baptist

- II

Church. 1876. By J.M. and H. Taylor. Snecked stone with
slate roof. Nave and polygonal chancel with north side
chapel, transeptal vestry and organ chamber and crossing
tower. Gothic Revival. 5-bay nave (no aisles) with 2 lancet
windows in each bay and buttresses to south only. Baptistry
under outshut roof adjacent to gabled porch. 2-bay chapel
with cusp-headed lights. Gabled transept with tall 2-light
Geometrical tracery windows. Cusped lancet to each side of
polygonal chancel. Two 2-light west windows. The octagonal
tower rises from a square via broaches; it has cusped belfry
openings, a broach spire with lucarnes and a square stair
turret in the angle between chancel and organ chamber.
Interior: impressive scissor-braced rafter roof with
wrought-iron ties. Double-chamfered chancel arch on corbels
with foliated capitals. Unusual open pulpit adjacent to 2-
bay side chapel arcade which has a plaster spandrel with
figures and a text in relief. Bowl font on colonnettes.
Stained glass. In planning, detailing and construction the
church has all the quality and individuality which one
expects from the Taylors.

Listing NGR: SD7350903842

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26456365

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)