St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling
St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling | ||
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Style Gothic Revival | | |
Groundbreaking | 1886 | |
Completed | 1887 | |
Construction cost | £7,000 | |
Specifications | ||
Materials | Sandstone, slate roofs | |
Administration | ||
Province | York | |
Diocese | Blackburn | |
Archdeaconry | Lancaster | |
Deanery | Garstang | |
Parish | Stalmine, St James |
St John the Baptist's Church is in the village of
History
The church was built in 1886–87 to replace the older
Architecture
Exterior
St John's is constructed in snecked sandstone rubble with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave with clerestory and north and south aisles, a south porch, a two-bay chancel with a north vestry forming a transept, a south organ chamber, and a west tower with a recessed spire. The tower has angle buttresses and a battlemented parapet.[2] The parapet is decorated in flushwork, using mauve and beige sandstone, rather than the usual flushwork materials of flint and stone; this decoration is continued along the clerestory.[3] In the top stage of the tower are two-light bell openings with pointed heads containing tracery. The west window has eight lights, and also has a pointed head containing tracery. The south porch is in two storeys and has angle buttresses; it is also decorated in flushwork. The aisle windows have three lights, and the east window has five lights with Perpendicular tracery.[2]
Interior
Internally, the sandstone masonry is exposed and there is an open timber roof. The
See also
- Grade II* listed buildings in Lancashire
- Listed buildings in Pilling
- List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin
References
Citations
- ^ a b St John the Baptist, Pilling, Church of England, retrieved 8 September 2010
- ^ a b c d e Historic England, "Church of St John the Baptist, Pilling (1073081)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 August 2012
- ^ a b c d Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 502
- ^ 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 11 June 2022
- ^ Brandwood et al. (2012), p. 235
- ^ Brandwood et al. (2012), pp. 137, 250
- ISBN 1862201404. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ Lancashire, Pilling, St. John the Baptist, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 8 September 2010
- ^ Pilling, S John Bapt, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, retrieved 8 September 2010
Sources
- Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
- Hartwell, Clare; ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9