Diameter: 18" Bell 1 of 2
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1948
Dove Bell ID: 58025 Tower ID: 22349 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Hull: St John the Baptist, Newington
Overview
Grid reference: TA 74 279
A large red-brick Victorian town church in the Hessle Road area of Kingston-upon-Hull, within the historic St Martin’s dockland, which is synonymous with the town’s fishing industry and maritime heritage. Built 1876-78 by Smith & Brodrick. The decoration of the church followed in stages, with much work in the years 1923-28, particularly at the east end. The interior was redecorated by Ron Sims in 1999.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Chancel with flanking organ chamber and chapel and vestries, 4 bay aisled nave, symmetrical porches to the aisles.
Dimensions:
Nave 30m (100ft) by 8m (26ft).
Footprint of Church buildings: 677 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
Built 1876-78 by Smith & Brodrick. The decoration of the church followed in stages, with much work in the years 1923-28, particularly at the east end. The interior was redecorated by Ron Sims in 1999.
Exterior Description
This is a large, compact town church in the Early English style. Its height in comparison to the surrounding buildings lends it a commanding presence despite the lack of a tower, the height of the nave is accentuated by a small timber fleche with a conical spirelet set just back from the west end. Under the west gable is a triple breather, in turn above a pointed-arched recess with hoodmould and ringed shafts, containing a stepped triple lancet. The church stands on a plinth and has a sill band, angle buttresses, moulded eaves and gable crosses.
The nave clearstorey has recessed panels each with two round cinquefoil windows, divided by shallow buttresses. The aisles have three pairs of single lancets with continuous hoodmoulds in the eastern bays, and in the second from west bay gabled porches with moulded pointed doorways and hoodmoulds, with a small opening in the gable. The west bay is pierced by a single lancet. The north-east vestry has a doorway in the north wall, with three single lancets in the east wall and two similar lancets in the west, with linked hoodmoulds and sill band. At the junction with the chancel is a shouldered gable stack.
The chancel east window is a 4-light with geometrical tracery and hoodmould. The south wall has in the east bay a single lancet, then a door, then two single lancets. The north wall side has a single lancet in the east bay, the east end with a traceried triple lancet with hoodmould.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1924
Te Deum east window by Burlison & Grylls, 1924, also by them two chancel windows of 1924.
Stained Glass
1895
Windows with suffer the Children and the Baptism of Jesus by John in the west end of the aisles by Kayll & Co of Leeds
Stained Glass
1933-51
Scheme of windows in the south aisle in memory of members of the Simpson family dating from 1933-51 by Kayll & Co of Leeds, showing scenes following the Resurrection, Touch me not, He is Risen, Doubting Thomas.
Building Materials
Brick
Ancaster Stone
Dressings
Slate
Roofs
Interior
Interior Description
The church is light, lofty, airy and welcoming, the eye drawn up by the whitewashed arcades past the clearstorey windows to the excellent painted ceilings, and east towards the colour of the chancel and the suitably subdued south “Fisherman’s” chapel. The nave is fully pewed, the benches painted a muted green, quite striking.
The arcades are carried on round ashlar piers with square heavily carved foliate capitals and double chamfered brick arches with hoodmoulds. The clearstorey windows have segmental pointed recesses rising from a sill band. The west end has a similar taller recess with impost bands. The nave and chancel roofs are arch-braced with collars and stone corbels, while the aisles have arch-braced lean-to roofs.
The south aisle has at its east end a chamfered doorway with a hoodmould and fine wrought-iron grille (of 1968), leading to the chapel beyond; the north aisle has at its east end an arch displaying the organ pipes. There is a triple rebated chancel arch with hoodmould and shaft responds, within which is a panelled brick sanctuary wall with chamfered coping. The east end has traceried wall panels and a canopied wooden reredos, and above it, a large stained-glass window allowing light to flood the sanctuary. The north side has a Gothic organ case within a pointed arch, and in the east bay a chamfered pointed door leading to the choir vestry. The south side has a similar door leading to the vicar’s vestry. The floors are laid with red carpet, with the exception of the south aisle Fisherman’s memorial which has a dark blue carpet, in keeping with the muted tones here, and yellow carpet in the south chapel beyond.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
1880
Oak table, with a frontal adorned with life belts. Similar in the chapel.
Reredos
1894
Triptych of 1894 by J E Ewell, cut down in 1923 to allow a better view of the east window. Dark oak with painted tracery around gilded inset panels containing paintings of the Crucifixion and Resurrection, with figures between of Mary and John under gilded canopies. Similar panelling around the sanctuary walls with gilded tracery.
Pulpit
1880
A round ashlar pulpit of white stone with open cusped tracery.
Lectern
1880
Brass eagle with moulded foot.
Font (object)
1880
Large white stone tub font with cable moulding around the bowl rim. Located next to the lectern on the south side of the chancel arch.
Plaque (object)
Various
A number of brass plaques, including one to people, including the vicar, lost in a storm on Lake Lucerne in 1924, which tragedy occasioned the commissioning of the chancel windows.
Organ (object)
3 manual pipe organ by Nelson’s of Durham, a handsome case with gilded pipes.
Bells
Diameter: 12" Bell 2 of 2
Founded by Brassfoundry
Dove Bell ID: 58026 Tower ID: 22349 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TA 74 279
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.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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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.
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