East Hecklington: St John
Overview
Grid reference: TF 204 438
The church is a humble two-cell building entirely of brick. The nave and chancel are in slightly differing styles, and the latter seems to be a later addition. The nave is of six bays, the bays marked with simple buttresses and each pierced with one lancet window.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave with west bell-turret; chancel with south vestry.
Description of Archaeology and History
The church dates from c.1870, the chancel by A.C Wood being a later addition; the east window was consecrated in 1890.
Exterior Description
The church is a humble two-cell building entirely of brick. The nave and chancel are in slightly differing styles, and the latter seems to be a later addition. The nave is of six bays, the bays marked with simple buttresses and each pierced with one lancet window. The door is under a small porch in the west wall. Near the west end of the roof ridge is a small bell-turret of hexagonal plan now very shabby. The chancel is long and seems tall because the windows are placed high in the walls. In the south wall are three small lancets and in the east wall is a three light window with Y tracery and a simple hoodmould. The gable has timber bargeboards and the vestry projects on the north under a cross gable. It has a two-light rectangular window in the south wall and a doorway facing west.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
c.1890
The east window is the only one with stained glass, representing Christ flanked by St. John the Baptist and St. Paul.
Interior
Interior Description
The walls are of unplastered brick within, but with less variety of colouring than on the outer face. The floors are tiled and the roof has scissor braces to each bay. The orginal chancel arch was of the same rather attenuated proportions as the windows in the walls of the nave, but when the present chancel was added a lower, more nearly round, arch was inserted within this. The chancel roof has heavy cusping under the principal rafters and again the brick walls are left exposed. In the south wall is an arch to the vestry and a further blind arch for sedilia, while in the north wall are the three lancets seen outside. The east window is set high in the wall to allow for a reredos and the wall surface below it is diapered. There is a piscina on the south side of the sanctuary.
Fixtures and fittings
Reredos
Polychrome, with five panels showing the cross in the centre and the four evangelists each side. A thin neo-Perpendicular canopy stands over the central panel.
Altar
Oak.
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 204 438
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.
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