| Old St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling | |
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Old St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling
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| OS grid reference | SD 403 485 |
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| Location | Pilling, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Churches Conservation Trust |
| History | |
| Dedication | John the Baptist |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Redundant |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 17 April 1967 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Georgian |
| Completed | 1813 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Sandstone, slate roof |
Old St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Pilling, Lancashire, England. It stands 100 metres (109 yd) to the south of the new church, also dedicated to St John the Baptist.[1] The church is "an unusual survival of a small Georgian church".[2] It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building,[2] and it is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[3]
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St John's was built in 1717. The only structural alteration since then has been the raising of the walls in 1813 to accommodate galleries.[3] It became redundant when the new church was built in 1887.[2] The church was vested in the Trust on 1 August 1986.[4]
The church is constructed in red sandstone, with a plinth, chamfered quoins, and other dressings in grey sandstone. The roof is slate.[2] It is a simple building, long and low.[3] On the west gable is a double bellcote. The church has five bays. On the south front is a single row of windows with round heads and a single chamfered mullion. In the westernmost bay is a door over which is a smaller similar window, but with no mullion. The door has a keystone inscribed with the date 1717, over which is a sandstone sundial with a plaque including the date 1766. The east window is similar to the windows in the south wall, but with two mullions. The north wall has two tiers of five windows; the lower windows have flat lintels, and the upper row consists of lunette windows. The interior has a flat plaster ceiling.[2] The walls are whitewashed and the church is floored with stone flags.[5]
The interior contains galleries on the north and west sides, carried on Tuscan-style columns. There are fixed simple oak benches, box pews, one of which carries the date 1719, and a two-decker pulpit. The sandstone font dates from the 18th century and is in the shape of an urn.[2] At the east end of the church are royal coat of arms dated 1719.[5]