St John the Evangelist's Church, Crosscanonby

St John the Evangelist's Church, Crosscanonby
St John the Evangelist's Church, Crosscanonby, from the south
St John the Evangelist's Church, Crosscanonby Location in Cumbria
Coordinates: 54°44′14″N 3°26′50″W / 54.7373°N 3.4472°W / 54.7373; -3.4472
OS grid reference	NY 069 390
Location	Crosscanonby, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St John, Crosscanonby
History
Dedication	St John the Evangelist
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	3 March 1967
Architectural type	Church
Style	Norman, Gothic
Completed	1880
Specifications
Materials	Red sandstone with green slate roofs
Administration
Parish	Crosscanonby
Deanery	Solway
Archdeaconry	West Cumberland
Diocese	Carlisle
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Canon Mary Day
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Pat Anderson, Anna Bagley

St John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Crosscanonby, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Solway, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

The church stands on one of the earliest Christian sites in Cumbria. The present church was built in 1130 and the south aisle was added in the 13th century. Further alterations were made in the 14th century. A restoration was carried out in 1880 by C. J. Ferguson.

St John's is constructed in red sandstone blocks and has a green slate roof. The roof has coped gables with cross finials. On the west gable is an open bellcote. There is evidence that the sandstone blocks originated from a former Roman building. The plan of the church consists of a three-bay nave with a south aisle, a south porch and a north vestry, and a single-bay chancel set at a lower level, with a south chapel that is continuous with the aisle. It is built in Norman style; the Norman features include the doorway, one of the windows in the south wall, the chancel arch, and one of the windows in the north wall of the chancel. The other windows date from the 19th century, other than two 20th-century dormer windows in the north side of the nave roof. A medieval graveslab is set into the west wall.