St John's Church is an Anglican church in Brearton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
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The building was commissioned by Thomas Duncombe in 1836, and designed by James Pigott Pritchett. It originally seated 150 worshippers. The building was Grade II listed in 1987.[1][2]
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The church is built of magnesian limestone with gritstone dressings, on a plinth, and has a chamfered eaves cornice ,and a purple slate roof with gable copings and shaped kneelers. There is a rectangular plan with three bays. The doorway at the west end has an ogee head and a hood mould, above which is a pilaster rising to a gabled bellcote with a crocketed finial. Inside, the north-east corner is partitioned off as a vestry. There is a reading desk, a pulpit and an octagonal font.[1][3]
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edit- ^ a b Historic England. "Breaton Chapel (1315349)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Lewis, S. (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England. London. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.