Busbridge Church
| St John the Baptist, Busbridge | |
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The church viewed from the west
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| 51°10′38.0″N 0°36′6.4″W / 51.177222°N 0.601778°WCoordinates: 51°10′38.0″N 0°36′6.4″W / 51.177222°N 0.601778°W | |
| Location | Busbridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founder(s) | Mr and Mrs John Ramsden of Busbridge Hall |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | George Gilbert Scott |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Busbridge |
| Deanery | Godalming |
| Archdeaconry | Surrey |
| Episcopal area | Guildford (Bishop of Guildford) |
| Diocese | Guildford |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Simon Taylor |
| Vicar(s) | Catherine McBride (Associate Vicar), Margot Spencer, David Mace, James Gibson, Andy Spencer, John Postill, David Jenkins |
Busbridge Church or St John the Baptist Church, is an evangelical Anglican Church in Busbridge, Godalming, United Kingdom. Busbridge Church is part of a joint benefice with Hambledon Church in the village of Hambledon, Surrey. Together Busbridge and Hambledon Church have six Sunday congregations ranging from traditional to modern and contemporary services. On a Sunday Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church put on youth and children's groups for over 200 young people.
Busbridge Church was founded by John and Emma Ramsden of Busbridge Hall. Building work took place between 1865 and 1867 and finished with the building's dedication in 1867. The church was designed by George Gilbert Scott and has a wrought-iron chancel screen by Edwin Lutyens, who also designed the First World War memorial. There are stained glass windows by Morris & Co., including Edward Burne-Jones, and later ones by Archibald Keightley Nicholson. The church is designated as a Grade II* listed building.
The churchyard contains several significant memorials by architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, who also designed the house at nearby Munstead Wood for his friend and collaborator Gertrude Jekyll. Lutyens designed Busbridge War Memorial, a Grade II* listed building, unveiled in 1922, which sits at the end of the churchyard at the junction of Brighton Road and Hambledon Road. It is one of dozens of Lutyens' war memorials around England and elsewhere after the First World War and one of fifteen of his War Crosses, which all share a similar design. The names of the village's war dead are listed on a plaque inside the church.
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