St John's Church, Threapwood

St John's Church, Threapwood
St John's Church, Threapwood, from the south
St John's Church, Threapwood Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°00′09″N 2°50′09″W / 53.0024°N 2.8359°W / 53.0024; -2.8359
OS grid reference	SJ 439 456
Location	Threapwood, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St John, Threapwood
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	1 March 1967
Architectural type	Church
Style	Georgian
Completed	1815
Specifications
Materials	Brick with slate roof
Administration
Parish	St Oswald, Malpas, and St John, Threapwood
Deanery	Malpas
Archdeaconry	Chester
Diocese	Chester
Province	York
Clergy
Rector	Revd Canon Ian Arthan Davenport

St John's Church is in the village of Threapwood, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the deanery of Malpas. Its benefice is combined with those of St Oswald, Malpas and Holy Trinity, Bickerton. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The authors of the Buildings of England series state that it is entirely Georgian in style.

The church was built in 1815 as an extra-parochial chapel. The parish of St John's was established in 1817.

St John's is a rectangular church in Georgian style. It is constructed in brick, and has a slate roof. At the west end is an open octagonal cupola. There are pedimented doorways at the west end, and in the middle of the south side.

Inside the church are galleries on three sides, with the north and south galleries curving round to the west gallery. They are carried on iron columns with an iron parapet. The two chandeliers are in brass and are dated 1817. The altar rails are in iron, and are on three sides of the altar. On the two sides of the altar are box pews with brass name plates for the patrons, the Broughton and Kenyon families. The panelled timber reredos is in three parts, bearing the Lord's Prayer and the creed to the left and the right and an extract from Exodus in a divided central panel.