- St John's Church, Rawtenstall
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St John's Church, Rawtenstall Location in Lancashire
St John's Church, RawtenstallCoordinates: 53°42′03″N 2°17′12″W / 53.7008°N 2.2867°W OS grid reference SD 820 227 Location Newchurch Road, Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancashire Country England Denomination Anglican Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade II Designated 30 November 1984 Architect(s) Paley, Austin and Paley Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Completed 1890 Specifications Materials Sandstone, slate roof St John's Church, Rawtenstall, is a redundant Anglican church located in Newchurch Road, Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[1]
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History
The church was built in 1890 to a design by the Lancaster architects Paley, Austin and Paley.[2] It was declared redundant on 1 May 1976,[3] and has since been used as a warehouse.[1][4] Its rood screen was removed to St Nicholas' Church, Newchurch.[1]
Architecture
St John's is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof. Its architectural style is Arts and Crafts Perpendicular. The church stands on a north-south axis, and its plan consists of a nave with low aisles, a chancel, a porch, and double transepts. At the southwest is the base of an intended tower. The tower contains diagonal buttresses, a doorway above which is blind arcading, and a pyramidal roof.[1]
See also
- List of works by Paley, Austin and Paley
References
- ^ a b c d Former Church of St John, Rawtenstall (1163867). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 90, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
- ^ (PDF) Diocese of Manchester: All Schemes, Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2010, p. 4, http://www.churchofengland.org/media/810742/manchester%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf, retrieved 18 October 2011
- ^ Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 554, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
Categories:- Former churches in England
- Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
- Gothic Revival architecture in Lancashire
- Paley, Austin and Paley buildings
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