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Former Church of St John

A Grade II Listed Building in Hareholme, Lancashire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7004 / 53°42'1"N

Longitude: -2.2734 / 2°16'24"W

OS Eastings: 382046

OS Northings: 422692

OS Grid: SD820226

Mapcode National: GBR DTKN.M8

Mapcode Global: WHB8H.18P2

Plus Code: 9C5VPP2G+4J

Entry Name: Former Church of St John

Listing Date: 30 November 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1163867

English Heritage Legacy ID: 185730

ID on this website: 101163867

Location: Lower Cloughfold, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4

County: Lancashire

District: Rossendale

Electoral Ward/Division: Hareholme

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Rawtenstall

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Newchurch St Nicholas with St John

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

Tagged with: Church building Gothic Revival

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Description


SD 82 SW RAWTENSTALL BACUP ROAD
Cloughfold
6/152
- Former Church of St John

- II

Church, 1890, by Austin and Paley; now warehouse. Snecked sandtone, slate
roof. On north-south axis: nave with low aisles, double transepts, base of
intended south-west tower; in Arts and Crafts Perpendicular style. Buttressed
gable to road has set-back upper wall with large 4-light traceried window in
a recessed panel; to 1st bay on east side is a gabled porch with moulded
arched doorway, front wall extended sideways each side to make buttresses, and
circular side-wall window with flamboyant tracery; aisles have flat-headed
2-light windows, nave has 4 large segmental-head 4-light windows with
Perpendicular tracery; twin-gabled transepts have tall 2-light window in each
gable. Base of tower at south-west corner has diagonal buttresses, moulded
arched doorway, a band of blind arcading above this, and a pyramidal roof.
Interior: mostly obscured by present contents, but appears largely unaltered
except where high chancel arch has been damaged by removal of Rood (now in
Church of St. Nicholas, Church Street, Newchurch, q.v.).


Listing NGR: SD8204622692

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