St John the Evangelist's Church, Farnworth
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St John the Evangelist's Church from the south
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 St John the Evangelist's Church, Farnworth
Location in Greater Manchester
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| Coordinates: 53°32′55″N 2°23′16″W / 53.5485°N 2.3878°W | |
| OS grid reference | SD 744,058 |
| Location | Farnworth, Greater Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St John the Evangelist, Farnworth |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint John the Evangelist |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 31 May 1966 |
| Architect(s) |
Thomas Hardwick, Paley and Austin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1824 |
| Completed | 1871 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Farnworth and Kearsley |
| Deanery | Bolton |
| Archdeaconry | Bolton |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Revd Carol Helen Pharaoh |
| Assistant priest(s) | Revd Phillip Castle |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Patricia Coward |
| Organist(s) | Katie Wearing |
| Churchwarden(s) | Joan Hall, Jackie Powell |
| Parish administrator | Betty Higham |
St John the Evangelist's Church is in Church Street, Farnworth, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Bolton, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester. Its benefice is united with those of St Peter, Farnworth, Holy Trinity, Prestolee, and St Saviour, Ringley. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
St John's was built as a Commissioners' church between 1824 and 1826 to a design by Thomas Hardwick. The chancel and porches were added in 1873 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, and the church was restored, at a cost of £4,000 (equivalent to £320,000 in 2015). In 1912 the pinnacles were removed from the tower.
The church is constructed in stone and has slate roofs. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave, a three-bay chancel, a south vestry, an organ loft to the north, and a west tower. The tower is in four stages separated by string courses, and has octagonal buttresses rising to turrets at the corners. In the bottom is a doorway with a pointed arch, above which is a two-light window. In the third stage is a diagonal clock face, and the two-light bell openings are louvred. The parapet is embattled. On each side of the tower are two-light windows, and there are similar windows on the north and south sides of the church. The east widow has five lights.
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