St. John's Road: Church of St. John
Details
| Deposited Plan Number: | no data |
| Date: | 1851 (Foundation stone laid) |
| Plans Register: | no data |
| Street: | St. John's Road |
| Property Name / Number: | Church of St John |
| Area: | Bay Hall |
| District: | Kirklees |
| Town: | Huddersfield |
| Grid Reference: | SE1410217729 |
| Building Project: | Church of St. John |
| Type: | Church |
| Applicant: | Commissioned by Sir John William Ramsden |
| Applicant Address: | no data |
| Architect: | William Butterfield |
| Architect Address: | no data |
| Status of Project: | no data |
| Contractor: | no data |
| Contractor Address: | no data |
| Work Commenced: | no data |
| Work Completed: | no data |
| Occupants: | no data |
| Subsequent Alterations / History: | Existing, Consecrated 1853, Grade II* Listed (3 March 1952) |
| English Heritage Listing: | 1217625 — listed on 3 March 1952 (old ID: 407031) |
| Location of Archives: | no data |
| Buildings of Huddersfield ID: | 4015 |
Additional Information
Foundation stone laid 1851 by Sir John William Ramsden, 5th Bart, who built the church in memory of his father. Consecrated 1853. Architect: William Butterfield. Ashlar. Steep-pitched slate roofs. Coped gables. Lean-to aisle roofs, parapeted. Buttresses. 5 bay nave, with tiny oculi to clerestory. Chancel. South-west and north-west porches. Fine Geometrical tracery, especially at east and west ends. 4-stage tower in south-east corner, with imposing traceried bell-openings, openwork parapet, and octagonal corner pinnacles. Octagonal spire with 3 stages of gabled lucarnes, crocketed finial and weathervane. Interior Collar-braced roof, with lower struts inclined slightly inwards. Ashlar font and pulpit of massive, elemental forms. Characteristically simple wooden furnishings, the bench ends giving illusion of being slightly tilted.
[Extract from the Historic England web site, list entry number 1217625]
WALL AROUND CHURCH OF ST JOHN also Listed Grade II (1277388): "1851-3. Dwarf stone wall with simple iron railings."