St John's Church, Rawtenstall
St John's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Newchurch Road, Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1]
| St John's Church, Rawtenstall | |
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  St John's Church, Rawtenstall Location in the Borough of Rossendale | |
| OS grid reference | SD 820 227 |
| Location | Newchurch Road, Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Redundant |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 30 November 1984 |
| Architect(s) | Paley, Austin and Paley |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1890 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Sandstone, slate roof |
History
The church was built in 1889–90 to a design by the Lancaster architects Paley, Austin and Paley. It cost £5,000 (equivalent to £510,000 in 2019),[2] and provided seating for 500 people. The commission resulted from a competition assessed by Ewan Christian.[3][4] The church was declared redundant on 1 May 1976,[5] and has since been used as a warehouse.[1][6][7] Its rood screen was removed to St Nicholas' Church, Newchurch.[1]
Architecture
St John's is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof. Its architectural style is Arts and Crafts Perpendicular. The church stands on a north-south axis, and its plan consists of a nave with low aisles, a chancel, a porch, and double transepts.[1] At the southwest is the base of an intended tower incorporating a porch, which rises to a height of only 10 feet (3 m).[6] It contains diagonal buttresses, a doorway above which is blind arcading, and a pyramidal roof.[1]
References
Citations
- Historic England, "Former Church of St John, Rawtenstall (1163867)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 October 2011
- UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth, retrieved 2 February 2020
- Price (1998), p. 90
- Brandwood et al. (2012), pp. 148–149, 238
- Diocese of Manchester: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2010, p. 4, retrieved 18 October 2011
- Brandwood et al. (2012), pp. 148–149
- Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 554
Sources
- Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
