Weight: 602 lbs Diameter: 29.5" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by Charles & George Mears 1856
Dove Bell ID: 57306 Tower ID: 21946 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Mansfield: St John the Evangelist
Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
Church, 638029
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Overview
Grid reference: SK 534 613
The church is built of the local Mansfield stone, predominantly white in tone, and the roof coverings are of slates.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
West tower with spire, nave with aisles and porches north and south, chancel with organ chamber and priest's vestry on the north.
Footprint of Church buildings: 803 m²
Exterior Description
The church is built of the local Mansfield stone, predominantly white in tone, and the roof coverings are of slates. The tower is of four stages, with prominent double string courses between the second and third and between the third and fourth stages; the fourth-stage is the bell stage with stone louvred openings win pairs on each face; each opening has a trefoil in the head and two trefoiled-headed principal lights. In the south-west corner an octagonal stair turret rises slightly above the top of the tower and is finished with a short stone spirelet. The main spire itself, of considerable height, is well set back with broches and two tiers of lucarnes. The spire is octagonal, and of three stages, and is capped by a ball and weathercock.
The nave has wide aisles with plain parapets and stringcourses below the walls have base courses. The character of the window tracery is predominantly Early Decorated.
The west window ofthe tower (and also the large east window) has external glazing to protect the stained glass. The west door of the tower has a hoodmould terminating in foliate stops. The tower has big set-off buttresses at the north-west and south-west corners.
Interior
Interior Description
The nave is long, of five wide bays; the piers of the arcade are octagonal, with moulded capitals and abaci, the arches which rise froth them chamfered and moulded and over the arches a pronounced stringcourse which comes down on to small corbels - deeply undercut, with foliate carving - above the capitals of the piers. Above the string courses on either side are painted texts, which occur also over the chancel arch (indeed all the east wall of the nave has stencilled decoration) and text also occurs in the aisles as a kind of frieze at dado level which rise up and-over the north and south doors.
The south aisle (from the west) can be described as follows: the westernmost window of two trefoil-headed lights with a trefoil in the head; then the main entrance door (with the font immediately to the north-west of it); then two windows of three lights with characteristic Decorated tracery in the head; and finally another two-light window similar to that at the west end. The east window of the aisle has four trefoil-headed lights with a traceried head.
The large east window of the chancel has five principal lights and a traceried head, which contains glass which is a memorial to Henry Knight (died 1870), the founder of the church.
Fixtures and fittings
Font (object)
The bowl is square, with cut-off corners incorporating a colonotte, the stem consists of stubbly colonettes attached together in the fashion of a clover leaf.
Organ (object)
A three-manual instrument, originally by Brindley (later called Brindley and Foster) of Sheffield, but re-built by Cousans of Lincoln.
Pulpit
A richly carved exercise in the Decorated manner, carved in wood, and a memorial to someone who died in 1886.
Reredos
The Reredos beneath the east window is of carved stone and inlaid mosaic panels, with Tabernacle heads at the north and south ends; a similar Tabernacle head on the north wall is the frame to a panel incised with the text of the Beatitudes.
Pew (object)
Pine.
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: SK 534 613
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
Further information
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