St John the Evangelist's Church, Byley

St John the Evangelist's Church, Byley
St John the Evangelist's Church, Byley
St John the Evangelist's Church, Byley Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°13′12″N 2°25′02″W / 53.2200°N 2.4172°W / 53.2200; -2.4172
OS grid reference	SJ 722 693
Location	Byley, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St John, Byley
History
Dedication	John the Evangelist
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	2 January 1986
Architect(s)	J. Matthews
Architectural type	Church
Construction cost	£1,000
Specifications
Materials	Brick and stone Roof of tiles
Administration
Parish	Byley
Deanery	Middlewich
Archdeaconry	Chester
Diocese	Chester
Province	York
Clergy
Rector	Revd Simon Mark Drew

St John the Evangelist's Church is in the small village of Byley, Cheshire, England. It 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 Chester and the deanery of Middlewich. Its benefice is combined with that of St Michael and All Angels, Middlewich. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner regarded it as being "really very ugly" with a "minimum of motifs, but a maximum of materials".

The church was built as a Commissioners' Church in 1847 to a design by J. Matthews. It cost £1,000 (equivalent to £80,000 in 2015), the Church Building Commission giving a grant of £75 towards this.

The church is built in brick and stone with a roof of tiles. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a three-bay chancel which is narrower and less lofty than the nave, a north porch and a southeast tower. The tower has a stone parapet and a steep pyramidal roof. On the west end gable is a bellcote. The organ was built in 1860 by the Imperial Pipe Organ Company.

The churchyard contains the war graves of 18 Commonwealth service personnel of World War II.