OS grid reference SD 820 227 Denomination Anglican Heritage designation Grade II Material Sandstone Designated as world heritage site 30 November 1984 | Country England Functional status Redundant Opened 1890 Architectural type Church Architect Sharpe, Paley and Austin | |
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Location Newchurch Road, Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancashire Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar St Mark's Church - Blackburn, St Ambrose's Church, Church of St John the Divine - H, Church of St Thomas of Canter, St Paul's Church - Preston | ||
St John's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Newchurch Road, Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
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History
The church was built in 1889–90 to a design by the Lancaster architects Paley, Austin and Paley. It cost £5,000 (equivalent to £460,000 in 2015), and provided seating for 500 people. The commission resulted from a competition assessed by Ewan Christian. The church was declared redundant on 1 May 1976, and has since been used as a warehouse. Its rood screen was removed to St Nicholas' Church, Newchurch.
Architecture
St John's is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof. Its architectural style is Arts and Crafts Perpendicular. The church stands on a north-south axis, and its plan consists of a nave with low aisles, a chancel, a porch, and double transepts. At the southwest is the base of an intended tower incorporating a porch, which rises to a height of only 10 feet (3 m). It contains diagonal buttresses, a doorway above which is blind arcading, and a pyramidal roof.