St John the Baptist's Church, Knutsford
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St John the Baptist's Church, Knutsford
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 St John the Baptist's Church, Knutsford
Location in Cheshire
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| Coordinates: 53°18′12″N 2°22′25″W / 53.3034°N 2.3735°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 753 785 |
| Location | Knutsford, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Churchmanship | Conservative Evangelical |
| Website | St John, Knutsford |
| History | |
| Dedication | John the Baptist |
| Consecrated | 1744 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 18 January 1949 |
| Architect(s) | J. Garlive, Alfred Darbyshire |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Neoclassical |
| Completed | 1879 |
| Construction cost | £4,000 (equivalent to £610,000 in 2015) |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 525 |
| Materials | Brick with stone dressings Slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St John the Baptist, Knutsford |
| Deanery | Knutsford |
| Archdeaconry | Macclesfield |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | The Revd Nigel Atkinson |
| Assistant | Dan Young, Richard Reeve |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Thain Flowers |
| Churchwarden(s) | Stephen Watson and Julija Broomhead |
| Youth ministry coordinator | Chris Johnson |
St John the Baptist's Church is in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire, England. The church 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 Macclesfield and the deanery of Knutsford. Its benefice is combined with that of St John the Evangelist, Toft.
Knutsford was a chapel of ease in the parish of St Mary's Church, Rostherne, until the 18th century. In 1741 an Act of Parliament was obtained for it to become a distinct parish. The church was built between 1741 and 1744 at a cost of £4,000 (equivalent to £610,000 in 2015), the architect being J. Garlive. In 1879 the apsidal chancel was extended and reordered by Alfred Darbyshire.
St John's is within the Conservative Evangelical tradition of the Church of England, and it has passed resolutions to reject the ordination of women.
The church is built in neoclassical style in brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. The plan of the church consists of a west tower, a two-storey nave and a shallow chancel. The tower is in four stages with a west doorway over which is a round-arched window, a clock and round-arched belfry windows. The top of the tower has a parapet with modillion brackets swept between urns. The parapet of the nave has alternating solid and balustraded panels. At the southwest is a doorway in a pedimented case with a rusticated architrave and a round-arched inner door. There is a similar doorway at the northwest.
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