OS grid reference SJ 507,698 Country England Website St John, Ashton Hayes Opened 1932 | Location Ashton Hayes,
Cheshire Denomination Anglican Dedication John the Evangelist Phone +44 1829 751440 | |
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Address Church Rd, Ashton Hayes, Chester CH3 8AB, UK Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Architects John Douglas, Edwin Hugh Shellard Similar St Mary's Church - Dodleston, St John the Evangelist's Church, St Mark's Church - Antrobus, Christ Church - Crowton, All Saints Church - Scholar G | ||
St John the Evangelist's Church is located to the north of the village of Ashton Hayes, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester. 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 became a separate parish in 1849. In that year the church was built to a design by E. H. Shellard of Manchester at the expense of William Atkinson. A vestry was added and the chancel was altered in 1900 by Douglas and Minshull, and in 1932 a north chapel by Theodore Fyfe was added.
Exterior
The church is built in ashlar buff sandstone and has a Lakeland green slate roof. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave and a two-bay chancel, a north aisle with a chapel at its east end, a south porch and a vestry. At the west end is a tower with a spire. The tower is in three stages on a plinth, with diagonal buttresses, plain bands at each floor, and an embattled parapet. A stair turret projects at the northeast corner. On the west side of the tower is a three-light window. A clock in is in the second stage and above this are three-light louvred bell openings. The spire is recessed with lucarnes.
Interior
The interior is simple with a four-bay arcade to the north. The chancel has a painted roof. The chapel has a flattened apsidal end and its ceiling is barrel vaulted. The pulpit is in Art Nouveau style. In the church is a monument to William Atkinson who died in 1883. The windows contain stained glass bay A. K. Nicholson. The organ is in the west gallery and was built by Charles Whiteley and Company.