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Parish Church of St John the Elder

A Grade II Listed Building in Stoke-on-Trent, City of Stoke-on-Trent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0749 / 53°4'29"N

Longitude: -2.219 / 2°13'8"W

OS Eastings: 385426

OS Northings: 353095

OS Grid: SJ854530

Mapcode National: GBR 13H.9S9

Mapcode Global: WHBCD.WZJ3

Plus Code: 9C5V3QFJ+XC

Entry Name: Parish Church of St John the Elder

Listing Date: 15 March 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1220492

English Heritage Legacy ID: 384422

ID on this website: 101220492

Location: St John's Church, Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6

County: City of Stoke-on-Trent

Electoral Ward/Division: Goldenhill and Sandyford

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Stoke-on-Trent

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Golden Hill St John the Evangelist

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description



STOKE ON TRENT

SJ85SE HIGH STREET, Goldenhill
613-1/2/43 (South West side)
Parish Church of St John the Elder

II

Parish Church. 1840-1. By Stanley of Shelton, a local
architect. Brick with slate roofs. Byzantine Romanesque style,
with west tower and spire, nave and chancel. West tower
ornamented with brick laid in a herringbone pattern, and with
stone broach spire. Round-arched west doorway with thick stone
shafts carrying moulded brick archway. Paired windows over.
Nave divided into 5 bays by buttresses, with porch to NW, with
round-arched stepped brick moulding to archway with chevron
decoration, carried on cushion capitals over thick stone
shafts. Brick chevron decoration to eaves band continues round
eastern gable. Short chancel with 3 light east window with
stone shafts in brick interlaced arcade. Interior a single
span with simple unmoulded chancel arch, and western gallery
carried on cast iron columns. Stained glass windows form a
series of 3 between 1896 and 1917, apparently by the same
artist.
(The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Pugh R B:
Staffordshire: Oxford: 1963-).


Listing NGR: SJ8542653095

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