OS grid reference SJ 703 463 Denomination Anglican Opened 1837 Status Parish church Architect Edward Lapidge | Country England Website St John, Doddington Parish Doddington, Cheshire Diocese Diocese of Chester | |
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Location Doddington Hall, Cheshire Dedication Saint John the Evangelist Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar St Nicholas' Chapel, Zion Chapel - Chester, St Mary's and St Michael's, St Olave's Church - Chester, St Luke's Church - Dunham | ||
St John's Church, Doddington, is located off Hunsterson Road in the grounds of Doddington Hall, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Nantwich, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is combined with those of St James, Audlem, and St Chad, Wybunbury. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
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History
St John's was built in 1837, and paid for by the Delves Broughton family of Doddington Hall. The architect was Edward Lapidge.
Architecture
The church is constructed in yellow ashlar sandstone, and has a slate roof. Its plan consists of a single cell, with no differentiation between nave and chancel, a northeast vestry and a west porch. The porch is gabled, and the apex of the gable contains a datestone with the arms of the Delves Broughton family. Beyond and above the porch is a triple stepped lancet window, and over the window is a roundel containing a carved dog's head. At the corners are angle buttresses, which rise to form octagonal pinnacles surmounted by spires. On the top of the gable is a bellcote. Along the sides of the church are lancet windows between buttresses. The vestry has a double lancet window. The east end also has a triple lancet window, and a cross finial on its gable. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe the west front as being "gauche".