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St John's Blackheath

St John's Blackheath
St John the Evangelist's Church
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The church from the east
51°28′33″N 0°01′07″E / 51.4758°N 0.0187°E / 51.4758; 0.0187Coordinates: 51°28′33″N 0°01′07″E / 51.4758°N 0.0187°E / 51.4758; 0.0187
Location Stratheden Road, Blackheath, London SE3 7TH
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Anglican
Churchmanship Evangelical
Website www.stjohnsblackheath.org.uk
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 8 June 1973
Architect(s) Arthur Ashpitel
Style Perpendicular Gothic Revival
Completed 1853
Administration
Parish Blackheath, St John the Evangelist
Deanery Charlton
Archdeaconry Lewisham and Greenwich
Diocese Southwark
Clergy
Vicar(s) Eddie Scrase-Field
Laity
Youth ministry coordinator Matt Lockwood
Aike Kennett-Brown

St John's Blackheath (formally known as St John the Evangelist's Church) is an all age Anglican church in the Vanbrugh Park area of Blackheath, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in southeast London, England. Built in the 1850s to the design of architect Arthur Ashpitel, it provided "an important visual and spiritual focus" to a rapidly growing high-class residential area. The church has an Evangelical character. There are three services on a Sunday and a Wednesday midweek Holy Communion. St John's Blackheath has thriving children's groups and two youth groups. Their vision is to be A church for all ages, all nations and all of life.

The residential area now known as Vanbrugh Park, east of Greenwich Park and north of the present A2 road, was laid out in the early part of the Victorian era. Architect Arthur Ashpitel from Hackney was commissioned to design a new church for this district, which at the time (prior to the Local Government Act 1888) was in the county of Kent. It was his only new church in Kent, although he restored the medieval building at Ripple. Work began in 1852 and the church was completed in 1853.

Some stained glass windows in the north aisle were destroyed during World War II and were subsequently replaced. The interior was altered in 1999; some of the space at the west end was taken up by new facilities such as offices and a kitchen.

The church was listed at Grade II on 8 June 1973.English Heritage defines Grade II-listed buildings as "nationally important" and of "special interest". The war memorial outside the church, designed by J.B.L. Tolhurst and unveiled on 11 November 1922, was separately listed at Grade II on 19 May 2016.


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