Description

DEWSBURY CB BOOTHROYD LANE
SE 22 SN (Dewsbury Moor)

2/5
Church of St. John

II

Commissioners church in Lancet style. 1823-7 by Thomas Taylor.
Ashlar. Stone slate roof with crenellated parapet. Square,
4-tier, diagonally buttressed west tower with crenellated parapet
and crocketed pinnacles. 3-light bell chamber openings with
Y-tracery. 7-bay heavily buttressed nave. The buttresses
continue above the parapet as gabled pinnacles. 2-light lancets
with Y-tracery and hood moulds. Small, single bay chancel with
large 3-light east window with Y-tracery. Tiny Lady chapel c.1946
on north side of chancel.

Interior: Bay divisions marked by buttresses which support vaulting
over windows. Panelled ceiling. West gallery with panelled oak
front and elaborately carved frieze. Panelled oak dado to nave and
chancel. Octagonal font with small granite colonnettes on clustered
pedestal, restored 1927. Very colourful stained glass. East window
by Francis Barnett of York.
N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, 1967.

Listing NGR: SE2316021780

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26600096

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)