Saint John's Church — John Street Lower

Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Church of Ireland church, built 1817-8, on a rectangular plan; single-bay three-stage tower (west) on a square plan. Pitched slate roof with ridge tiles, cut-limestone coping to gable (west), and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Repointed coursed rubble limestone walls with chamfered piers to corners having roll-topped cut-limestone "slated" coping; repointed coursed rubble limestone walls (tower) with "Balistraria"-detailed cut-limestone pinnacles framing arrow loop-detailed battlemented parapets on double beaded consoles having cut-limestone coping. Cusp-centred lancet "Trinity Windows" with cut-limestone chamfered sill course, and cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings on label stops on engaged colonettes on corbels framing fixed-pane fittings having margined square glazing bars. Pointed-arch window opening (east) with interlocking Y-mullions, and cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on portrait label stops framing fixed-pane fittings having margined square glazing bars. Cusped door opening (tower) with cut-limestone threshold, and cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on label stops framing timber panelled double doors. Cusped openings (bell stage), cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings on label stops framing louvered fittings. Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with carved timber surround framing timber panelled double doors; full-height interior with panelled choir gallery (west) on clustered colonette pillars, carpeted central aisle between timber pews, Classical-style wall monuments (1838; 1898), Gothic-style pulpit on an octagonal plan with Gothic-style clerk's desk, carpeted bowed stepped dais (east) with arcaded communion railing centred on cloaked altar table, and segmental barrel vaulted ceiling on "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed plasterwork cornice with moulded plasterwork ribs centred on foliate bosses. Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site.