Description

SE 02SW HEBDEN ROYD C.P. CHURCH BANK LANE,
Cragg Vale

4/85 Church of St. John

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- II

Church, 1839 rebuilding of earlier church of which there is no evidence (date
plaque inside). Dressed stone, slate roof. West tower, nave and shallow
chancel. Lancet style. 3-stage embattled tower has angle buttresses which
rise to form pinnacles. All windows are tall lancets with deeply double
chamfered surrounds and pointed arches. Windows to each stage of tower in west
face only. Doorway set in north face, 2nd stage has clock to north and south
faces; 3rd stage is belfry. Aisless nave of 4 bays, each with tall windows
articulated by shallow buttresses. Corbel table. Angle buttresses with
pinnacles to corners. Shallow single-bay chancel has tall east window with
panelled tracery, and angle buttresses with outshuts to either side with lean-to
roofs and pointed arched doorways. Interior: single vessel with shallow
chancel set within pointed arch. Gallery to west end carried on clustered iron
colonnettes; brattished rail with panelled front with arched heads. Flat roof
with moulded ribs. Memorial to Rev. Thomas Crowther the original minister
"38 years in this Parish" dated 1859.

Listing NGR: SE0004823208

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26522971

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