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St John the Baptist's Chapel, Matlock Bath

St John the Baptist's Chapel, Matlock Bath, is a former private chapel in St Johns Road, off the A6 road between Matlock Bath and Matlock, Derbyshire, England. The chapel, together with its retaining and attached walls, is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. History The chapel was built in 1897 for Mrs Louisa Sophia Harris, and was designed by Guy Dawber; it was the only church designed by Dawber. Since being declared redundant it has been taken into the care of the charity, the Friends of Friendless Churches, to whom the freehold was conveyed on 15 March 2002. Since taking it over, the charity has arranged repairs, including rebuilding the gates and cleaning and repairing the chandeliers. Architecture The chapel is constructed in rubble carboniferous limestone with ashlar gritstone dressings. Its plan consists of a single cell. On its south side is a bell turret with a lead-covered pyramidal roof. Also on the south side is an oriel window with mullioned lights. The chapel is entered through a west doorway in a porch that is continued round the north side to form a covered walkway. The internal fittings are in Arts and Crafts style. The decorated barrel-vaulted plastered ceiling was designed by George Bankart, the stained glass at the east end by Louis Davis, and the painted altarpiece by John Cooke. Dawber designed the perpendicular style rood screen, and probably the pulpit, pews, choir stalls and light fittings. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Derbyshire Dales Listed buildings in Matlock Town References Further reading Saunders, Matthew (2010), Saving Churches, London: Frances Lincoln, pp. 77–78, ISBN 978-0-7112-3154-2
St John the Baptist's Church, Arkholme

St John the Baptist's Church, is in the village of Arkholme, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with those of St Margaret, Hornby, St John the Evangelist, Gressingham, and St Michael the Archangel, Whittington-in-Lonsdale. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It stands at the end of the village street, overlooking the River Lune, within the bailey of a former castle. The former 11th-century motte stands to the northeast of the church. History A church has been present on the site since about 1450, and was originally a chapel of ease in the parish of Melling. It became a parish in its own right in 1866. The church has been restored twice. It was initially a simple rectangular barn-like building. A bellcote was added in 1788, together with a vestry and a west door. It was further restored in 1899 by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley. They replaced the west door with a window, installed new pews and an east window, replaced the pulpit, enlarged the vestry, and reconstructed the porch. The former Georgian style windows were replaced with windows in Perpendicular style. The work cost over £2,000 (equivalent to £220,000 in 2025). Description Precincts In the churchyard is a medieval sandstone cross base. It is roughly octagonal in shape with a diameter of about 3 feet (0.9 m), and is about 2 feet (0.6 m) high. The cross base is listed at Grade II. Exterior St John's is constructed in sandstone rubble, and has a stone slate roof. Its plan consists of a nave with a south aisle, a chancel, a vestry, and a south porch. On the west gable is a bellcote. Also at the west end of the nave is a three-light window containing Perpendicular tracery. The west window of the aisle consists of a single trefoiled light. The east window of the chancel has four trefoiled lights, and the window at the east end of the aisle has two round-headed lights. Interior Inside the church is a four-bay arcade of round arches carried on octagonal piers. The capital of the easternmost pier is carved with images, including a dog chasing a hare, and a horn. In the chancel is a twin sedilia and a piscina. There are two fonts, one dating from the 18th century with an octagonal bowl, and the other from the early 20th century. The stained glass includes a window designed by Shrigley and Hunt dated 1965 depicting Saint Hilda and Bede. The two-manual organ was built in 1906 by the local firm of Bibby and Wolfenden, and was rebuilt in 1950 by Wilkinson. The single bell is said to be one of the oldest in England to be inscribed along its lower edge. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Lancashire Listed buildings in Arkholme-with-Cawood List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914) References
St John the Baptist's Church, Bollington

St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in Church Street, Bollington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission. The parish church is now St Oswald's Church, Bollington. History The church was built between 1832 and 1834, and was designed by William Hayley and Thomas Brown. A grant of £3,475 (equivalent to £390,000 in 2025) was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission. The total building cost was £4,002 (equivalent to £450,000 in 2025). Galleries were added in 1854. The church was declared redundant on 1 February 2006. Architecture St John's is constructed in hammer-dressed sandstone with ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roofs. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave, a short chancel with a vestry at the east, and a west tower. The chancel is described as "a mere alcove without an arch". The tower is in four stages with angle buttresses and a west door. Above the door is a three-light window. The third stage contains clock faces, and in the top stage are two-light louvred bell openings. The parapet is embattled. The bays of the nave are divided by buttresses, each bay containing a two-light window with Y-tracery. The east window of the chancel has three lights. An embattled parapet runs along the top of the nave. At the corners of the nave and the chancel are octagonal buttresses rising to pointed finials. Inside the church there are galleries on three sides that are supported by thin iron columns. The two-manual organ was made in 1836 by Samuel Renn. It was enlarged in 1909 by Nicholson and Lord. Since then, Jardine rebuilt the organ in about 1932, and renovated it in 1980. The organ has been restored and is now installed at St George's church, Nailsworth (more details can be found on St George's parish website). The peal of eight bells from St John's were renovated and are now installed at St Thomas's Church at Stockton Heath in Warrington. Two new bells were added and the new peal rang for the first time at St Thomas's on 8 January 2017 at a dedication service conducted by the Bishop of Chester. External features The churchyard contains the war graves of 15 Commonwealth service personnel, 13 from World War I, and two from World War II, most of which are in an extension of the churchyard. Details of all burials and memorials in the churchyard can be found at the parish website Burials and Memorials. See also List of Commissioners' churches in Northeast and Northwest England Listed buildings in Bollington References
St John the Baptist's Church, Bretherton

St John the Baptist's Church is in the village of Bretherton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with that of St Michael and All Angels, Croston. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission. History St John's was a Commissioners' church costing £1,058 (equivalent to £90,000 in 2025). The Church Building Commission contributed £250 towards its cost. It was designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe and built in 1839–40. The land was given by George Anthony Legh Keck. The church provided seating for 400 people. In July 1840 it was consecrated by Rt Revd John Bird Sumner, at that time the Bishop of Chester. The church was restored in 1898 by Sharpe's successors Austin and Paley, who also added a chancel and vestry in 1908–09. In September 2009 the church was damaged by fire caused by an arsonist. Architecture The church is constructed in sandstone with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave incorporating a south porch, and a two-bay chancel under a higher roof. The style of the nave is "simple Gothic", while that of the chancel is Perpendicular. At the west end is a slender tower, the lowest stage of which constitutes a porch that is open on three sides. Above this are three string courses, the top one of which is stepped over the bell opening. At the corners are buttresses that rise to form crocketted pinnacles. At the top of the tower between the pinnacles is a stepped parapet. A slim octagonal spire rises from the tower. The porch has an arched doorway over which is a lancet window. Its top is gabled and has a cross finial. The east window has five lights and Perpendicular tracery. Inside the church is a west gallery supported on four slim iron columns. The two-manual organ was built by Ainscough Organ Builders of Preston in 1929, and rebuilt and extended by David Wells of Liverpool in 2000. External features The churchyard contains the war grave of a Loyal Regiment soldier of World War I. The graves of Sir Harcourt Clare and his family are in the church yard. See also Listed buildings in Bretherton List of architectural works by Edmund Sharpe List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914) List of Commissioners' churches in Northeast and Northwest England Gallery References Citations Sources
St John the Baptist's Church, Burringham

St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Burringham, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands at the south end of the village, on the east bank of the River Trent. History The church was built in 1856–57 to a design by S. S. Teulon. It closed in 1983, and was declared redundant the following year. Architecture Exterior St John's is constructed in red brick with English bond brickwork. The details are in black brick and limestone ashlar. The roofs of the body of the church are slated, and the porch has a concrete tile roof. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave, a chancel with an apse and an organ chamber and vestry on the north side, and a west tower incorporating a porch. The tower is short, and has buttresses at its junction with the nave, and a stair turret at the northwest angle. It has a two-light north window, and a similar but larger three-light west window. Above the porch is a trefoil containing three blocked trefoils and a roundel in the centre. There is a brick frieze under the eaves, and on the summit of the tower is a pyramidal roof with a pinnacle. The south porch has buttresses flanking a trefoil-headed doorway, and a four-bay blind arcade on each side. On the sides of the nave are two-light windows. The chancel has lancet windows, and three two-light windows in the apse. At the eastern end of the roof is a pinnacle. Interior The interior of the church is decorated in polychrome brick, in red, yellow and black. It is floored with polychrome encaustic tiles. The font is octagonal, with coloured encaustic tiled panels. There is 19th-century stained glass in the south and east windows. The ceiling above the altar is painted with stars and constellations. The organ had been made in 1849 by Forster and Andrews for St Andrew's Church, Epworth. It was moved here and restored at an unknown date by T. L. Jubb and Son. External features The churchyard extension contains the war graves of two soldiers of the Second World War. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England References
St John the Baptist's Church, Earlestown

St John the Baptist's Church is in Market Street, Earlestown, St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Winwick, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. Its benefice is united with those of St Peter, Newton-in-Makerfield, All Saints, Newton-le-Willows, and Emmanuel Wargrave, Newton-le-Willows. Revd Dr Chris Stafford is currently the Team Rector for the Benefice. History In the 1870s the population of Earlestown was growing. At that time it was in the parish of St Peter, Newton-in-Makerfield, whose rector was Canon Whalley. The architects Whalley and Fry of Dover created plans for a church to seat 900 people, with a tower, at an estimated cost of £16,000 (equivalent to £1,600,000 in 2025). The foundation stone of the church was laid on 4 August 1875. There was insufficient money to build the church as it was originally planned, and a smaller church seating 600 people, and without a tower, was consecrated on 6 January 1879 by the Assistant Bishop of Chester. In 1925–26 the church was extended by half a bay, providing 90 extra seats, and the base of a tower was built. The work was carried out by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley at a cost of about £6,000 (equivalent to £320,000 in 2025). The tower was never completed. In the 1970s an annexe was added to the west end of the tower. Architecture The church is constructed in yellow sandstone with red sandstone dressings; the annexe is in concrete. The plan consists of a 3½-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, and an apsidal chancel with north and south vestries. At the west end is the base of the uncompleted tower, and an attached single-storey annexe. The windows are lancets containing Geometrical tracery. The interior of the church has been re-ordered, with removal of choir stall and pews, and with a platform extending to the west of the chancel arch. The font and the pulpit are both in stone with alabaster shafts. In the east window is stained glass by Shrigley and Hunt. See also List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1916–44) Notes and references Notes Citations
St John the Baptist's Church, Guilden Sutton

St John the Baptist's Church is in the village of Guilden Sutton, near Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church. The church is in the Diocese of Chester, the Archdeaconry of Chester, and the Deanery of Chester. Its benefice is combined with that of St Peter, Plemstall. History The church was built in 1815 on the site of a previous church. The chancel of the previous church had blown down in 1802. A bellcote was added during the Victorian era. The interior was restored in 2001 when the chancel screen and choir stalls were removed, a toilet was provided and the entrance was improved. In 2005, the bellcote was restored after it had been damaged by a deathwatch beetle. Architecture Exterior The church is built in brick with Welsh slate roofs. Some of the fabric of the 16th-century church is still present in the wall of the nave. Its plan is simple and consists of a five-bay nave and chancel in one range, a south porch, and an octagonal louvered timber bellcote at the west end. The windows on the sides of the nave and chancel are simple and round-headed. The east window is lancet-shaped. Interior This is plain, with a raised chancel. There was formerly a wooden chancel screen. The doorway has twisted balusters and is dated 1698. In the church is a painted memorial plaque to the Whitehead family, which is probably by Randle Holme III. The font is dated 1635; it is round and decorated with a date and a single flower. External features In the churchyard is a buff sandstone sundial. It consists of a column baluster on a square base with a cap in a different stone. The copper plate and gnomon are inscribed with the date 1596 and two sets of lines and numbers. It is listed as Grade II. The churchyard also contains the war graves of three soldiers, two from World War I and one from World War II. See also Listed buildings in Guilden Sutton References
St John the Baptist's Church, Hellington

St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church standing to the south of the village of Hellington, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. History St John's Church originated in the 12th century. Most of the fabric in the church dates from this century and from the 14th century. The roofs currently present were added later. Architecture Exterior The church is constructed in flint and brick with limestone dressings. The roofs of the nave and chancel are slated, and the porch roof is tiled. Its plan is simple, consisting of a nave with a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower is round and dates from the 12th century. The two-light bell openings were inserted in the 14th century. The parapet is from a later date, and is embattled. The south porch was added in the 14th century, and has been much patched and repaired since. On each side of the entrance are diagonally-set niches, and there are the remains of another niche in the gable above the entrance. On the west and east sides of the porch are three open arches. The south doorway is Norman in style with a round-headed arch. It is "very elaborate". The arch is carried on three orders of shafts, with capitals decorated with scallops and volutes. The arch also has three orders, decorated with fillets between them. The windows in the nave and chancel date from the 14th century and contain a variety of Decorated motifs. The east window has five lights and, above it, the gable carries a cross. In the north wall of the nave is a two-light square-headed window, and a Norman doorway with two orders of shafts. The north wall of the chancel, which has been re-built in brick, is supported by pilaster-buttresses, and a larger buttress at the southeast corner. Interior The tower arch is round-headed, and the chancel arch has a pointed arch. In the chancel is a 14th-century piscina with two arches. There are some fragments of medieval glass in the south chancel window. The font is octagonal, its bowl being decorated with quatrefoil panels. The stained glass in the east window dates from the middle of the 19th century, and was made by J. and J. King of Norwich. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England References External links Photographs of the exterior and interior from Norfolk Churches
St John the Baptist's Church, Hove

St John the Baptist's Church is an Anglican church in Hove, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It was built between 1852 and 1854 to serve the community of the Brunswick area of Hove, which had originally been established in the 1830s. History The land on which the Brunswick estate was built was originally a farming estate known as Wick Farm. It was sold to Thomas Read Kemp, who had been responsible for the Kemp Town residential development in neighbouring Brighton, in 1825. Some houses had been built the previous year, and Read Kemp is believed to have planned to create a similar exclusive development on this land; but little happened until after it had been sold to the Jewish baronet Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid in 1830. Even then, it took another 20 years for the scheme to be altered and started properly. Brunswick Town eventually consisted of 150 houses, many of which were exclusive and expensive, but there was no suitable church nearby. Hove's original parish church, St Andrew's, was difficult to reach, while the nearest church on the way to Brighton, also called St Andrew's, was small. Goldsmid therefore provided some land for a church to be built, near what would become the northwest corner of Palmeira Square. The decision to proceed with construction was taken by the diocese on 21 March 1851, and work started on 15 April 1852 after £4,500 had been raised through borrowings, private donations and a grant. Dr Ashurst Gilbert, the Bishop of Chichester, consecrated the new church on 24 June 1854. Architecture The architects William and Edward Habershon, brothers who operated as a partnership, designed the church in the Decorated Gothic style using flint and stone dressings. The cruciform building has a tower at the eastern end; this was added in about 1870, as was the spire, which raises the total height of the building to 160 ft (49 m). The lancet windows have tracery in the Decorated style. A porch was added on the west side in 1906–07 by London-based architectural firm Rogers, Bone & Cole. The church today St John the Baptist's Church was listed at Grade II on 12 April 1983. As of February 2001, it was one of 1,124 buildings listed at that grade in Brighton and Hove; the status indicates that the building is considered "nationally important and of special interest". As well as two Eucharist services on Sundays, there is a weekly Holy Communion service using the official 1662 version of the Book of Common Prayer, a monthly Communion service following the Celtic tradition, a film-based discussion group, children's activities and a Sunday school. Gallery See also Grade II listed buildings in Brighton and Hove: S List of places of worship in Brighton and Hove Media related to St John the Baptist church, Church Road, Hove, England at Wikimedia Commons Steve Ovett Notes Bibliography
St John the Baptist's Church, Llanrothal

St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Llanrothal, Herefordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands in a remote position close to the Wales–England border overlooking the River Monnow. History The church is thought to have been founded by the Celtic Saint Ridol (or Ryddol) and re-dedicated to St John the Baptist in the Norman period. The present building dates from the 12th and 13th centuries. During the 20th century the chancel and vestry were restored. The church was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 1 April 1985. St John's has been described as "one of the most isolated churches in Herefordshire". It lies a few hundred yards from the river. Architecture The exterior of the church has been rendered. Its plan is simple, consisting of a nave and a chancel, with a north porch, which was previously a vestry. In the north wall of the nave is a Norman round-headed window from the 12th century, and a window from the 13th century with a trefoil head. There are two windows similar to the latter in the south wall. In the south wall of the chancel is a large four-light window. The east window has two lights, with a circular window above. Inside the church is a 17th-century panelled pulpit, and a brass chandelier which was donated by Ivor Bulmer-Thomas. The font is a simple bowl on a narrow pedestal dating from the Norman period. It is decorated with a cross pattée, although there is no known association with the Knights Templar. The altar is simple and consists of a stone slab resting on two blocks of stone. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands References External links A website with photographs of the church