OS grid reference SJ 806 602 Denomination Anglican Opened 1846 Status Parish church Architect Charles Trubshaw | Country England Dedication Saint John the Baptist Parish Smallwood Diocese Diocese of Chester | |
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Location Church Lane, Smallwood, Cheshire Website St John the Baptist, Smallwood Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar All Saints Chapel - Somerford, Zion Chapel - Chester, St Nicholas' Chapel, St Luke's Church - Dunham, St George's Church - Macclesfield | ||
St John the Baptist's Church is in Church Lane, Smallwood, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is combined with those of St Mary, Astbury, and All Saints, Somerford. 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 between 1843 and 1846, and designed by Charles and James Trubshaw.
Architecture
The church is constructed in yellow sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and has slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave, a southwest porch, a chancel, and a northwest vestry. On the west gable is a single bellcote. The windows are lancets, some of which contain Y-tracery. At the east end is a triple stepped lancet window. At the corners of the church are angle buttresses. Inside the church is a hammerbeam roof.