Church in Cheshire, England
St John the Evangelist's Church, Winsford West end of St John's Church, Winsford
St John the Evangelist's Church, Winsford
Location in Cheshire
53°11′32″N 2°32′53″W / 53.1922°N 2.5481°W / 53.1922; -2.5481 OS grid reference SJ 635 663 Location Delamere Street,Over , Winsford , Cheshire Country England Denomination Anglican Churchmanship Conservative Evangelical Website St John, Over Status Parish church Founder(s) Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere Dedication St John the Evangelist Consecrated June 1863 Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 12 March 1986 Architect(s) John Douglas Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Groundbreaking 1861 Completed 1863 Construction cost £5,000 Spire height 140 feet (43 m) Materials Sandstone , grey slate roofProvince York Diocese Chester Archdeaconry Chester Deanery Middlewich Parish St John the Evangelist, Over Vicar(s) Revd George Crowder Reader(s) Andy Sloan Churchwarden(s) Sarah McLellan
St John the Evangelist's Church is in Over , Winsford , Cheshire , England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building .[ 1] Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester , the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich.[ 2]
History
In 1860 Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere , commissioned the Chester architect John Douglas to build a church in the centre of Over, which was then a village separate from Winsford, as a memorial to his wife, Sara. At that time Douglas was at the start of his career and was working for Lord Delamere at his house and estate at Vale Royal Abbey . A new parish of St John the Evangelist was created out of the parishes of St Mary, Whitegate and St Chad, Over . The church was consecrated by John Graham , Bishop of Chester in June 1863.[ 3] [ 4]
In 1961 a new choir vestry was formed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the church. A Lady Chapel was dedicated in 1972 with an aumbry added the following year. Outside porch doors were fitted in 1979.[ 3]
Architecture
The church is built in Runcorn sandstone [ 3] Decorated style. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave with a clerestory , north and south aisles , a chancel , a tower at the southwest corner, and a vestry at the northeast.[ 1] buttresses . In the third stage of the tower are two-light bell openings and clock faces on three sides.[ 1] [ 3] lucarnes , and at the top is a wrought iron cross. A chimney stack rises from the gable of the vestry. Internally there is stone panelling at the east end with an alabaster model of the Last Supper .[ 1]
External features
In the churchyard there are many memorials; these include one to those who died in a cotton mill fire in Over in 1874.[ 3] ashlar and carries inscriptions, including a quotation from St Mark's Gospel , and the names of the four victims which include a baby aged three months. It is listed at Grade II.[ 5]
Present day
Today the church is very active and has regular services on Sundays and Wednesdays. It holds baptisms, marriages and funerals and other occasional events. It is very involved in the community of Winsford.[ 3]
St John's is within the Conservative Evangelical tradition of the Church of England, and it has passed resolutions to reject the ordination of women .[ 6]
See also
References
^ a b c d Historic England , "Church of St John the Evangelist, Winsford (1329818)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 25 September 2012 ^ Winsford, St John the Evangelist Church of England , retrieved 18 October 2008 ^ a b c d e f St John's Church, Over, Winsford , retrieved 9 March 2008 ^ Hubbard, Edward (1991), The Work of John Douglas , London: The Victorian Society , p. 238, ISBN 0-901657-16-6 ^ Historic England, "Monument c. 20 yards to north of Church of St John the Evangelist, Winsford (1160760)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 25 September 2012 ^ "Christmas 2016 Newsletter" (PDF) , bishopofmaidstone.org , December 2016, retrieved 1 January 2017
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