Nominal: 2090 Hz Weight: 112 lbs Diameter: 17" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1908
Dove Bell ID: 60776 Tower ID: 23901 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Sunnybrow St John
Overview
Grid reference: NZ 189 347
The church is built of the local Hunwick stone, rock-faced, and laid in regular courses of varying width. The steeply-pitched roofs have coverings of slate. The style employed is Early English.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave and chancel with polygonal apse. On the south side of the nave is a porch, and also a double transept.
Description of Archaeology and History
Architect unknown, church erected 1885.
Exterior Description
The church is built of the local Hunwick stone, rock-faced, and laid in regular courses of varying width. The steeply-pitched roofs have coverings of slate. The style employed is Early English. At the extreme west end of the nave south wall is the south porch, which has a pointed outer doorway with a triple chamfered arch and shafted jambs. Above the doorway is a small niche. The nave is regularly fenestrated with single lancet windows having pointed drip-mouldings. At the east end of the south nave wall is a double transept which is lower than the nave, and has three closely-set lancet windows in each of the two gable walls. The junction of nave and chancel is marked externally by a coping, and by the stone bell-cote astride the roof-ridge. The chancel is of the same height as the nave, three bays deep, and with a three-sidedend. All the chancel windows are of the same type, with two pointed lights and a quatrefoil in plate tracery. The angle between the chancel and the transept is filled by a flat-roofed vestry building with an eared doorway.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior walls of the building are plastered with a rough-textured plaster which is of a brownish-pink colour. The rere-arches of the window are of stone, and are linked together by a broad stone string-course. Access to the transept is by means of two double-chamfered arches with a cylindrical central column and corbel responds. The six-sided boarded nave roof has thin transverse ribs and heavy tie-beams. The chancel arch is a wide drop-arch with a double roll-moulding. The chancel beyond has an organ chamber on its northern side, and is covered by a roof of similar pattern to that in the nave.
Fixtures and fittings
Lectern
1938
An oak lectern in the Gothic style, presented as a memorial in 1938.
Pulpit
An oak pulpit with panels of linenfold decoration. The moulded top and bottom pieces have acanthus-leaf carving.
Screen
An oak chancel screen with a wide central arch with four smaller sections on either side. The central arch has drop-tracery, the side bays have a mixture of cusped and reticulated tracery.
Organ (object)
1916
A three manual Vincent organ installed in 1916.
Reredos
A three section oak reredos of recent date, with a figure of Christ the King in the centre section.
Altar
The holy table is also of recent date, probably contemporary with the reredos. In the centre of the altar is a gilded IHS, and on either side are three small blind panels.
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: NZ 189 347
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 | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
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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