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St John the Evangelist's Church, Gressingham 
St John the Evangelist's Church, GressinghamLocation in Lancashire
St John the Evangelist's Church, GressinghamCoordinates: 54°07′24″N 2°39′20″W / 54.1233°N 2.6556°W OS grid reference SD 572 699 Location Gressingham, Lancashire Country England Denomination Anglican Website St John, Gressingham History Dedication John the Evangelist Architecture Heritage designation Grade I Designated 4 October 1967 Architect(s) E. G. Paley Architectural type Church Style Norman, Gothic Revival Completed 1862 Specifications Capacity 120 Materials Sandstone rubble
Stone slate roofsAdministration Parish Whittington Deanery Tunstall Archdeaconry Lancaster Diocese Blackburn Province York Clergy Vicar(s) Rev Iain H. Rennie St John the Evangelist's Church, Gressingham is in the village of Gressingham, Lancashire, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is combined with those of St Margaret, Hornby, St John the Baptist, Arkholme, and St Michael the Archangel, Whittington-in-Lonsdale.[2]
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History
Parts of the church date from the 12th century. It was partly rebuilt in 1734 and restored in 1862 by E. G. Paley.[1]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is built in sandstone rubble with a stone slate roof. The plan consists of a west tower, a nave with clerestory, a north aisle and a chancel with a small chapel to the north. The tower, which dates from 1734, is of three stages with pilaster strips and a solid parapet. In the lower stage is a west window. The south nave wall is of three bays, with a buttress between the nave and the chancel. The windows date from the restoration of 1862. At the left of the south aspect is a Norman doorway with jambs in three orders, the outer order having a chevron design and the middle one ropework. The north aisle has two bays to the chancel and three to the nave.[1] A stone with Saxon carving is built into the west wall of the nave at the south corner.[3][4]
Interior
The nave arcade consists of three bays. The chapel to the north of the chancel contains a tomb chest to George Marton of Capernwray Hall who died in 1867.[1] The pulpit has plain panels and is dated 1714; the pews are box pews. Two of the windows contain stained glass by Morris & Co. Inside the church are two more stones with Saxon carving.[3][4]
See also
- List of ecclesiastical works by E. G. Paley
References
- ^ a b c d "Church of St John, Gressingham", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1164600, retrieved 15 May 2011
- ^ Gressingham, St John the Evangelist, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/gressingham-st-john-the-evangelist/, retrieved 26 October 2009
- ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002) [1969], North Lancashire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 133, ISBN 0-300-09617-8
- ^ a b "Gressingham (Lancashire)". Chris Tolley. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cj.tolley/ctm/ctm-gressingham.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
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Categories:- Church of England churches in Lancashire
- Grade I listed churches
- Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire
- Gothic Revival architecture in England
- Norman architecture
- 1734 architecture
- Religious buildings completed in 1862
- Diocese of Blackburn
- E. G. Paley buildings
- Buildings and structures in Lancaster
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