Church of St John, Grayrigg
Description: Church of St John
Grade: II
Date Listed: 21 February 1989
English Heritage Building ID: 75661
OS Grid Reference: SD5786097176
OS Grid Coordinates: 357860, 497176
Latitude/Longitude: 54.3683, -2.6501
Location: A685, Grayrigg, Cumbria LA8 9BU
Locality: Grayrigg
Local Authority: South Lakeland
County: Cumbria
Country: England
Postcode: LA8 9BU
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Listing Text
SD 59 NE GRAYRIGG A685
(North side)
7/79 Church of St John
II
Church. 1837 with tower of 1869. By George Webster. Stone rubble with
slobbered mortar, roughcast to south facade, ashlar dressings and slate roof;
tower of dressed stone and ashlar. Nave, west tower and east apse. 5-bay nave
has weathered buttresses and diagonal buttresses. Lancet windows have splayed
reveals. Gabled south porch has pointed entrance and datestone: 1837. Coped
gables with fleuron finials. Gabled apse has flanking lancets and 3 stepped
lancets. Tower has diagonal buttresses. 3 stepped lancets under hoodmould to
west face, with 2 lancets in 2-bay applied arcade above. Bell stage has sill
course to 2-light louvred plate-tracery bell openings with hoodmoulds and head
stops. String course with gargoyles and stepped embattled parapet. Interior:
ceiling has braced beams, pendants, and 3 traceried roses. Tower arch has
traceried glazed screen and flanking diagonal -buttresses; small octagonal font.
Windows to east end have hoods with head stops, apparently in form of plaster
casts of faces. Splayed arch to apse has roll moulding and shafts. East window
has stained glass dated 1892. Pulpit has open cusped arches.
Listing NGR: SD5786097176
Source: English Heritage
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