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Church of St John the Evangelist

A Grade II Listed Building in Killingworth, North Tyneside

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.0327 / 55°1'57"N

Longitude: -1.5646 / 1°33'52"W

OS Eastings: 427930

OS Northings: 570992

OS Grid: NZ279709

Mapcode National: GBR KBJ7.2Q

Mapcode Global: WHC3C.YR4R

Plus Code: 9C7W2CMP+35

Entry Name: Church of St John the Evangelist

Listing Date: 27 February 1950

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1184227

English Heritage Legacy ID: 303257

ID on this website: 101184227

Location: St John's Church, Killingworth Village, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, NE12

County: North Tyneside

Electoral Ward/Division: Killingworth

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Longbenton

Traditional County: Northumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear

Church of England Parish: Killingworth St John

Church of England Diocese: Newcastle

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Description


LONGBENTON WEST LANE (north side, off)
NZ 27 SE
Killingworth.
3/13
Church of St. John the
27.2.50 Evangelist.
G.V. II
Parish church. 1869 by E. Bassett Keeling. Sandstone, coursed and squared, with
bands of red sandstone; rendered north nave wall. Welsh slate roof with stone
copings. Nave and chancel with continuous shorter south aisle; 3-sided apse.
West door in aisle has nook shafts and 2-centred arch under high pointed dripmould.
2-centred arches and red impost bands to cusped lancets, paired in clerestory;
plate tracery to larger west and east windows. Crescents carved in coping of
buttresses, clasping to nave and aisle. Interior: brick with ashlar dressings;
rendered blind north arcade; ashlar lower section to chancel and plaster above.
Scissor-braced roof. Stiff-leaf arcade capitals; bracketed shafts to moulded
chancel arch and blind arch in north chancel wall. Priest's door under high
pointed crocketed hood-mould. Stencilled decoration to chancel roof. Chancel
floor of tiles and Frosterley marble contains brass memorial to first vicar,
J. S. Blair, died 1890. Historical note: the crescent is the emblem of the Dukes
of Northumberland.


Listing NGR: NZ2793070992

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