St John's Church, Howsham

	St John's Church, Howsham St John's Church is an Anglican church in Howsham, North Yorkshire, a village in England. Until the mid 19th century, Howsham was in the parish of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Scrayingham. A church was constructed from 1859 to 1860, to a Geometrical Gothic design by George Edmund Street, G. E. Street. C. M. Smart describes it as having "many idiosyncrasies". It was grade I listed in 1966. The church is built of gritstone with sandstone bands, and has a tile roof. It consists of a narthex, a northwest tower, a nave, and a chancel with an apse and a north vestry. The tower has three stages, a plinth and string courses. The middle stage is gabled, and the top stage is octagonal, the bell openings separated by alternate grey marble and orange stone columns, the grey ones with ornate Italianate architecture, Italianate capital (architecture), capitals, and the tower is surmounted by a spire with lucarnes. Inside, the baptismal font, font and pulpit are inlaid with multicoloure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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picture info	Listed Buildings In Howsham, North Yorkshire Howsham, North Yorkshire, Howsham is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It contains 26 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at GradeI, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at GradeII, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Howsham and the surrounding countryside. The listed buildings include a English country house, country house and associated structures. Most of the other listed buildings are houses, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, and the rest include a church, a bridge, a former school, a watermill and a telephone kiosk. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations Sources * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Howsham, North Yorkshire Lists of listed buildings in North Yorkshire Howsham, North Yorkshire, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]