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Latitude: 53.5036 / 53°30'12"N
Longitude: -2.3098 / 2°18'35"W
OS Eastings: 379549
OS Northings: 400813
OS Grid: SD795008
Mapcode National: GBR D27.L1
Mapcode Global: WH989.H6BD
Plus Code: 9C5VGM3R+C3
Entry Name: Church of St John the Evangelist
Listing Date: 2 September 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1067507
English Heritage Legacy ID: 211955
ID on this website: 101067507
Location: St John's Church, Irlams o' th' Height, Salford, Greater Manchester, M27
County: Salford
Electoral Ward/Division: Pendlebury
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Salford
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Pendlebury St John the Evangelist
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
Tagged with: Church building
SWINTON & PENDLEBURY BOLTON ROAD
SD 70 SE
(north-east side)
2/1 Church of
St. John the
- Evangelist
- II
Church. 1842 with chancel added in 1854 and baptistry in
1882. Rock-faced stone with slate roof. Nave and chancel
with west tower and porches on north and south. Neo-
Romanesque. 6-bay nave with projecting plinth, shallow
buttresses and a coped parapet above a corbel table. Each
bay has a tall round-arched window with hoodmould. South
porch is castellated whereas the north porch has a coped
gable. At each end of the nave square piers with nook shafts
and pyramidal caps rise above the parapet. Chancel has a 3-
light east window. 3-stage tower with shallow angled
buttresses, round-arched door, clock-faces in foiled
surround and a belfry stage with nook shafts, 5 tall round-
arched openings in each side and a shallow distinctive
pyramidal roof above bold brackets. Adjacent to the tower is
the semi-circular baptistry with conical roof. Interior:
Romanesque detailing continues throughout. Alternating king
and queen-post roof trusses have diagonally braced tie
beams. Chevron enrichment to chancel arch. Painted chancel
ceiling. Timber fittings include pews, stalls, pulpit and
west gallery which sits on barleysugar-twist cast-iron
columns with cushion capitals. Stone font. Stained glass.
Listing NGR: SD7954900813
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