Church of St John the Divine, Calder Grove
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 Church of St John the Divine
Calder Grove Location in West Yorkshire
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| 53°38′51″N 1°32′09″W / 53.64750°N 1.53583°WCoordinates: 53°38′51″N 1°32′09″W / 53.64750°N 1.53583°W | |
| OS grid reference | SE307168 |
| Location | Denby Dale Road West, Calder Grove, Wakefield W. Yorkshire WF4 3FG |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Churchmanship | Central |
| Website | The Church of England: St John the Divine, Calder Grove |
| History | |
| Founded | 1892 |
| Dedication | St John the Divine |
| Dedicated | 23 May 1893 |
| Consecrated | 23 May 1893 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Mission church subsidiary to Parish church St James |
| Heritage designation | Grade II listed, no.1431631 |
| Architect(s) | W. Swinden Barber, FRIBA |
| Architectural type | Church of England parish church |
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Arts and Crafts movement Gothic Revival |
| Construction cost | £1,300 |
| Specifications | |
| Floor area | Nave + chancel: 21.6 metres (71 ft) x 6 metres (20 ft) |
| Materials | Elland stone |
| Bells | 1, in the bell gable |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St. James, Chapelthorpe 400180 40/180 |
| Deanery | Wakefield 40206 |
| Archdeaconry | Pontefract 402 |
| Diocese | Diocese of Wakefield |
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| Vicar(s) | Interregnum |
The Church of St John the Divine, designed by William Swinden Barber, was built as a mission church in 1892–1893 in the parish of St James, Chapelthorpe, Crigglestone, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It is Grade II listed. It was funded by local benefactor Mary Mackie in memory of her husband. It is of Gothic Revival and Arts and Crafts design. The exterior is small, plain and simple and the interior is low church; nevertheless the interior contains a fine scissor-truss roof which retains its original 1892 stencil paintings. The church is still in commission as a shared benefice with the parish church of St James, Chapelthorpe.
The building is located just off Denby Dale Road in Calder Grove, Crigglestone, on the south-west edge of Wakefield. At the time of construction, this was a coal-mining and rural area.
The building was commissioned in memory of her husband John Mackie, JP (1836–1891), by Mrs Mary Elizabeth Mackie (1844–1922) of Watford Villa, New Mills, Derbyshire and of Cliff House, Calder Grove Crigglestone. She also commissioned St James the Less Church and some almshouses in New Mills, designed by the same architect (W.S. Barber) in 1878–1880. The two buildings are not dissimilar.
John Mackie's father was Robert Jefferson Mackie, a rich local corn factor from a Scottish family, whose eldest son was Robert Bownas Mackie, Liberal MP for Wakefield 1880–1885. R.J. Mackie's fourth son was John, who received an education at Wesley College, Sheffield plus the gift of Cliff House which carried attached benefits. Thus Mackie was a landowner, the owner of Cliff Colliery and of the Freeclay works in Crigglestone, and a local benefactor. In 1866 he married Mary Elizabeth Ingham, daughter of James Ingham, the owner of a calico print works at New Mills, Derbyshire.
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