St John the Evangelist's Church, Weston

Coordinates: 53°19′08″N 2°44′20″W / 53.3190°N 2.73885°W / 53.3190; -2.73885
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St John the Evangelist's Church, Weston
Style
Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking1897
Completed1900; 124 years ago (1900)
Specifications
Length88.5 ft (27.0 m)
Nave width25 ft (7.6 m)
Other dimensionsChancel width 18.5 ft (5.6 m)
MaterialsRed {{br list sandstone ashlar | Welsh slate roofs}}
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseChester
ArchdeaconryChester
DeaneryFrodsham
ParishSt John, Weston, Runcorn
Laity
Reader(s)Terry Hawes
Churchwarden(s)David Redhead, Jackie Parr

St John the Evangelist's Church is in

Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Frodsham.[2] Its design has been described as "bold and original".[1]

History

The church was built between 1897 and 1898 to a design by

J. B. Joyce of Whitchurch was added to the tower in 1901.[6] St John's became a separate parish in 1931.[5] In 1998 an automated winding system was added to the clock, also made by Messrs. Joyce, costing £3,250.[6]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is built from local red sandstone with Welsh slate roofs. Its plan consists of an embraced west tower, a four-bay nave with a narrow north aisle, a south porch approached by a flight of steps, and a chancel which is higher than the nave. The organ chamber is to the north of the chancel and underneath the chancel are vestries.[1] It has a "very short, very powerful west tower with short broach spire", with one set of lucarnes.[7] The church has two massive west buttresses and a shallow buttress to the south. On the west side is a two-light window above which is a clock face. On each side are two-light bell openings.[1]

Interior

The stone

Wulfstan of Worcester, and the Diocese of Chester, including a figure of Saint Werburgh.[10] The organ was built by A. Young in 1898 and rebuilt by the Jardine Organ Company in 1981.[11] In the vestry is a framed letter from Robert Baden-Powell, posted from South Africa on 12 August 1900, congratulating the boys of Weston Village for forming an Anti-Smoking Society.[12]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f Historic England, "Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, Runcorn (1130422)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 September 2012
  2. ^ St John the Evangelist, Weston, Runcorn, Church of England, retrieved 11 February 2011
  3. ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth, retrieved 11 June 2022
  4. ^ a b Cowan (2008), p. 2.
  5. ^ a b Starkey (1990), pp. 99–100
  6. ^ a b Cowan (2008), p. 16
  7. ^ Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 664–665
  8. ^ Cowan (2008), p. 6
  9. ^ Cowan (2008), p. 8
  10. ^ Cowan (2008), pp. 10–11
  11. National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies
    , retrieved 29 June 2020
  12. ^ Cowan (2008), pp. 13–14

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