Grayrigg: St John

Name:
Grayrigg: St John
Record Type:
Church
Church code:
607208
Diocese:
Carlisle
Archdeaconry:
Westmorland & Furness
Parish:
Grayrigg

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is not in a Conservation Area

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Victorian/Pre-WWI

Exterior Image

Exterior image of 607208 Grayrigg St John
Caption:
Exterior image of 607208 Grayrigg St John
Description:
Photograph of the exterior of St John church Grayrigg taken 6 February 2007
Year / Date:
2007
Copyright:
Alexander P Kapp
Originator:
Alexander P Kapp

Summary Description

The initial impression is of a church in a raw state. Stripped of its cement render in about 1995, the south facade is coarse, with dressed stone to window surrounds and buttresses left to project uneasily, awaiting – what? All elevations share this unfinished roughness, reducing architectural detail to approximations. Economies on the north elevation meant little dressed stone in the first place so it, too, looks bare. Everywhere are signs of a battle against damp. Funds were clearly spent on quantity rather than quality: a particularly broad, high, nave (with very small chancel). The later tower (1869) made up some ground with more investment in detail: the staged profile, string courses, louvered bell chamber, gargoyles and life-like masks – the latter also appear as stop-ends on the east windows, looking like real life-size death masks. The Shrigley & Hunt east window is the only stained glass, but this, too, seems to have had some life washed out of it. The, flat ceiling keeps things simple; exposed trusses would have made the space much too high.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is open for worship.
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Church Website

Church Website:
http://beaconteam.org.uk

Sources and Further Information

Alexander P Kapp (2007) Exterior image of 607208 Grayrigg St John [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Exterior image of 607208 Grayrigg St John
Alexander P Kapp (2007) Interior image of 607208 Grayrigg St John [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Interior image of 607208 Grayrigg St John
Church of England (2021) A Church Near You https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12365/ [Digital Archive/Index]
View information on worship and access at this church
ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~68583~111894 [Archive/Graphic material]

Groundplan

ICBS File Number - 02167

Coverage - 1838

Created by ?WEBSTER, George: b. 1797 - d. 1864 of Kendal;THOMPSON, Miles: d. c.1869 of Kendal

ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~68592~111895 [Archive/Graphic material]

Gallery

ICBS File Number - 02167

Coverage - 1838

Created by ?WEBSTER, George: b. 1797 - d. 1864 of Kendal;THOMPSON, Miles: d. c.1869 of Kendal

Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 1 Bell [Archive/Index]
1 Bell