We are grateful to Steve Sedwell of ASTAM GBC Consultancy for giving permission to reproduce the reports contained within the 2008 survey, and to English Heritage for giving permission to reproduce their report and correspondence.

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 TIP– if you find the full text of the reports too detailed, skip to the conclusions sections at the end.

- 'Quinquennial' means every five years 

- Glossary of terms available through links from the Glossary of terms page on the left

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 INSPECTION DATE: January and February 1993

REPORT BY: Ascough & Associates

Critical of much of the work carried out on the church - which has in some cases made matters worse. Identifies the reroofing and inadequate gutter work as a reason for the damp problems of the church

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 INSPECTION DATE: November 2002

REPORT BY: Bowles, Whittick Young

 "The report that closed the church "

Very little repair work having been carried out since the previous Quinquennial Report of 1997.

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  CHURCH OF ENGLAND

NOTES TO PUBLIC MEETING 28TH JANUARY 2005

Meeting of the Archdeacon with local people following the closure in 2002.   This paper gives an outline of what was presented and discussed.

"After a church has been declared redundant it can be demolished"

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  ENGLISH HERITAGE REPORT,  11TH MAY 2005

"It is obvious that the building needs attention but structurally apart from the concerns expressed in respect of the roof I find little of concern"

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 ENGLISH HERITAGE OBJECTION TO REDUNDANCY, 19 JUNE 2007

"We consider that the building is capable of straightforward repair"

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 ENGLISH HERITAGE, OCTOBER 2007

RESULT OF JUNE 2007 INSPECTION AND COSTING

"English Heritage reiterates its view that the church building is not unsound"

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  CHURCH INSPECTION DATE: January 2008

REPORT BY: ASTAM GBC CONSULTANCY "The Sedwell Report"

 "The previous advice has generally been noted as an overstatement"

Estimated repair costs excluding professional fees are at the end of this report

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 INSPECTION DATE: January 2008

REPORT BY: Clarke, Nicholls and Marcel STRUCTURAL SURVEY

 "In our opinion the building is not a significantly dangerous structure, and can be brought back into service."

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 INSPECTION DATE:   January 2008

REPORT BY:  Ridout Associates TIMBER DECAY SURVEY

 "With reference to the structural timber within this building there is no reason to deem it unsafe" 

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ST JOHN'S CHURCH WAS GRANTED GRADE II LISTED STATUS BY ENGLISH HERITAGE ON 21ST MAY 2009

Reasons for designation decision:

The Church of St John the Evangelist, Kates Hill, Dudley is recommended for designation at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

*Both building campaigns, of 1838-40 and 1872-3 are well represented in the fabric

* The earlier material accounts for much of the fabric, including galleries with their box pews and iron brackets and the roof trusses to each aisle, as well as the tower and flanking walls of the aisles with their lancet windows

* The later work includes substantial nave arcades and a fully furnished chancel with well designed fittings of quality, including a piscina, sedilia, reredos, stained glass windows, altar rails and iron screen

 

APPLICATION TO HAVE ST JOHN'S LISTED

Application for listing was prepared by  St John's Church Preservation Group and submitted to English Heritage on 6th August 2008.

Listed status helps with funding and the status of the building.

The building was already 'locally listed' by Dudley MBC as a building of historic and architectural interest.

This application sought to gain national listing. English Heritage act as advisors to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which makes the final decision.

To read the full text of our listing application and supplementary information click on the LISTING APPLICATION  AND SUBSEQUENT LISTING APP PAGE BUTTONS.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE NOT AS YET BEEN ABLE TO GET THE NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS WHICH ACCOMPANIED THE LISTING APPLICATION INTO THE WEBSITE.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE LISTING APPLICATION AS IT WAS SUBMITTED TO ENGLISH HERITAGE PLEASE SEND A RECORDABLE CD OR MEMORY STICK TO ST JOHN'S CHURCH PRESERVATION GROUP, THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, ST JOHN'S ROAD, KATES HILL, DUDLEY, WEST MIDLANDS, DY2 7JT ALONG WITH AN APPROPRIATE STAMPED SELF ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.

THE FILE IS TOO LARGE (68.5 MB) TO BE SENT AS AN ATTACHMENT.  

 

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