St John the Divine, Richmond
| St John the Divine, Richmond | |
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St John the Divine from St John's Road, Richmond
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| 51°27′51″N 0°18′01″W / 51.4642°N 0.3003°WCoordinates: 51°27′51″N 0°18′01″W / 51.4642°N 0.3003°W | |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | 1831 |
| Associated people | Vigo Auguste Demant (vicar from 1933 to 1942) |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Lewis Vulliamy (original building); Arthur Grove (later additions and church hall) |
| Style | Early Gothic revival |
| Completed | 1836 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St John the Divine, Richmond |
| Deanery | Richmond & Barnes |
| Archdeaconry | Wandsworth |
| Episcopal area | Kingston |
| Diocese | Southwark |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Justin Welby |
| Bishop(s) | Christopher Chessun |
| Vicar(s) | Revd Neil Summers |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) |
Gill Doling Ruth Martin |
| Director of music | Mark Laflin |
| Parish administrator | Liz Roberts |
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Listed Building – Grade II
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| Official name | Church of St John the Divine |
| Designated | 10 January 1950 |
| Reference no. | 1194182 |
Gill Doling
St John the Divine, Richmond, in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark, is a Grade II listed church on Kew Road, in Richmond, London, near Richmond railway station. Built in 1836, and a parish in its own right since 1838, it was designed by Lewis Vulliamy in the Early Gothic Revival architectural style.
Since 1996 St John the Divine has been part of the Richmond Team Ministry, which also includes the churches of St Mary Magdalene and St Matthias.
Richmond grew rapidly during the 18th and early 19th centuries. By the 1820s, Richmond's original parish church, St Mary Magdalene, was too small. Having recognised the need for another chapel, the vestry commissioned new construction by 1831. The new building, St John the Divine, was completed in 1836. It was built from 1831 to 1836 on a site provided by local resident and landowner, William Selwyn QC (1775–1855); the architect was Lewis Vulliamy. Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner criticise Vulliamy's "craziest W spire and senseless flying buttresses from the W porches up to the nave" but describe Grove's east end (added in the early 20th century) as "a fine composition".
In 1838 it became a parish church in its own right.
The organ, built by Beale and Thynne, was dedicated in December 1896. Described as "a virtually unaltered work of Victorian artistry", it has been fully restored.
A chancel, south chapel and vestries were added in 1904–05; they were designed by Arthur Grove. In 1908, Nathaniel Westlake painted the sanctuary ceiling with illustrations of the Book of Revelation, chapter 14, and created the triptych behind the altar, The Stations of the Cross were carved between 1955 and 1970 by Freda Skinner.Eric Gill carved the stonework on the triptych and over the sacristy door.
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