OS grid reference SJ 722 693 Country England Website St John, Byley Opened 1846 Dedication John the Evangelist Province Province of York | Location Byley, Cheshire Denomination Anglican Functional status Active Status Parish church Diocese Diocese of Chester Construction cost 1,000 GBP | |
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Similar St Luke's Church - Oakhanger, St Catherine's Church, St Nicholas' Chapel, St Mark's Church - Antrobus, All Saints Church - Scholar G | ||
St John the Evangelist's Church is in the small village of Byley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich. Its benefice is combined with that of St Michael and All Angels, Middlewich. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner regarded it as being "really very ugly" with a "minimum of motifs, but a maximum of materials".
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History
The church was built as a Commissioners' Church in 1847 to a design by J. Matthews. It cost £1,000 (equivalent to £80,000 in 2015), the Church Building Commission giving a grant of £75 towards this.
Architecture
The church is built in brick and stone with a roof of tiles. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a three-bay chancel which is narrower and less lofty than the nave, a north porch and a southeast tower. The tower has a stone parapet and a steep pyramidal roof. On the west end gable is a bellcote. The organ was built in 1860 by the Imperial Pipe Organ Company.