Description

STOKE ON TRENT

SJ85SE HIGH STREET, Goldenhill
613-1/2/43 (South West side)
Parish Church of St John the Elder

II

Parish Church. 1840-1. By Stanley of Shelton, a local
architect. Brick with slate roofs. Byzantine Romanesque style,
with west tower and spire, nave and chancel. West tower
ornamented with brick laid in a herringbone pattern, and with
stone broach spire. Round-arched west doorway with thick stone
shafts carrying moulded brick archway. Paired windows over.
Nave divided into 5 bays by buttresses, with porch to NW, with
round-arched stepped brick moulding to archway with chevron
decoration, carried on cushion capitals over thick stone
shafts. Brick chevron decoration to eaves band continues round
eastern gable. Short chancel with 3 light east window with
stone shafts in brick interlaced arcade. Interior a single
span with simple unmoulded chancel arch, and western gallery
carried on cast iron columns. Stained glass windows form a
series of 3 between 1896 and 1917, apparently by the same
artist.
(The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Pugh R B:
Staffordshire: Oxford: 1963-).

Listing NGR: SJ8542653095

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26514962

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  For the Record
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)