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St John's Church, Rawtenstall
St John's Church, RawtenstallLocation in the Borough of Rossendale
53°42′01″N 2°16′25″W / 53.7003°N 2.2735°W / 53.7003; -2.2735
OS grid reference	SD 820 227
Location	Newchurch Road, Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	30 November 1984
Architect(s)	Paley, Austin and Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1890
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone, slate roof

St John's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Newchurch Road, Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

History

The church was built in 1889–90 to a design by the Lancaster architects Paley, Austin and Paley. It cost £5,000 (equivalent to £640,000 in 2023), and provided seating for 500 people. The commission resulted from a competition assessed by Ewan Christian. The church was declared redundant on 1 May 1976, and has since been used as a warehouse. Its rood screen was removed to St Nicholas' Church, Newchurch.

Architecture

St John's is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof. Its architectural style is Arts and Crafts Perpendicular. The church stands on a north–south axis, and its plan consists of a nave with low aisles, a chancel, a porch, and double transepts. At the southwest is the base of an intended tower incorporating a porch, which rises to a height of only 10 feet (3 m). It contains diagonal buttresses, a doorway above which is blind arcading, and a pyramidal roof.

See also

• Listed buildings in Rawtenstall
• List of works by Paley, Austin and Paley

References

Citations

1. ^ Historic England, "Former Church of St John, Rawtenstall (1163867)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 October 2011
2. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth, retrieved 7 May 2024
3. Price (1998), p. 90
4. Brandwood et al. (2012), pp. 148–149, 238
5. Diocese of Manchester: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2010, p. 4, retrieved 18 October 2011
6. ^ Brandwood et al. (2012), pp. 148–149
7. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 554

Sources

• Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
• Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) , Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
• Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, ISBN 1-86220-054-8

v t e Listed churches in Lancashire
Grade I St Michael, Aughton St Mary, Barnoldswick St Peter and St Paul, Bolton-by-Bowland St Michael, Bracewell St Helen, Churchtown St Bartholomew, Colne All Hallows, Great Mitton St John, Gressingham St Cuthbert, Halsall St Patrick, Heysham St Peter, Heysham St Margaret, Hornby Lancaster Priory Old St Leonard, Langho St Wilfrid, Melling Pleasington Priory St Walburge, Preston St Wilfrid, Ribchester St Michael, St Michael's on Wyre St Leonard, Samlesbury St Andrew, Slaidburn St Peter, Stonyhurst St Saviour, Stydd St John, Tunstall St Thomas, Upholland St Mary and All Saints, Whalley
Grade II* St Michael and All Angels, Altcar St James, Altham St John, Arkholme St Michael and All Angels, Ashton-on-Ribble Blackburn Cathedral St Mark, Blackburn St Silas, Blackburn Sacred Heart, Blackpool Holy Trinity, Bolton-le-Sands St Paul, Brookhouse St John the Baptist, Broughton St Peter, Burnley St John the Baptist, Burscough St Bartholomew, Chipping St George, Chorley St James, Church St Laurence, Chorley St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe St John the Evangelist, Crawshawbooth St Peter, Darwen St Leonard, Downham Euxton Parish Church St Mary, Goosnargh St Bartholomew, Great Harwood St Michael, Kirkham Lancaster Cathedral St John, Lancaster St Andrew, Leyland St Cuthbert, Lytham St John, Lytham St Helen, Overton St Nicholas, Newchurch St Mary, Newchurch in Pendle St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk St Cuthbert, Over Kellet St Mary, Penwortham St John, Pilling St Chad, Poulton-le-Fylde St George, Preston St John, Preston St Mark, Preston St Peter, Preston St Wilfrid, Preston Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Preston (former St Ignatius) St John, Silverdale St Mary, Tarleton St James, Tatham St Helen, Waddington St Leonard, Walton-le-Dale St Michael, Whittington St Anne, Woodplumpton
Grade II St Andrew, Accrington St James, Accrington Christ Church, Adlington St Paul, Adlington St Andrew, Ashton-on-Ribble St Leonard, Balderstone All Saints, Barnacre St Lawrence, Barton Holy Trinity, Blackburn Holy Trinity, Blackpool St John, Blackpool St Mary and St Michael, Bonds St Mary, Borwick St John, Bretherton St James, Briercliffe St James, Brindle All Saints with St John Baptist, Burnley St Andrew, Burnley St Mary, Burnley St Stephen, Burnley Capernwray Chapel Christ Church, Bacup Christ Church, Chatburn St Chad, Claughton St Andrew, Cleveleys St Paul, Constable Lee St Saviour, Cuerden St Cuthbert, Darwen St Mark, Dolphinholme St John, Ellel St Paul, Farington Immanuel, Feniscowles St Mary, Fleetwood St Peter, Fleetwood St Thomas, Garstang Christ Church, Glasson St Michael, Grimsargh St Ambrose's Church, Grindleton St Wilfrid, Halton-on-Lune St James, Haslingden All Saints, Higher Walton Holy Trinity, Hoghton St John the Divine, Holme Chapel Christ Church, Lancaster St Thomas, Lancaster St Peter, Leck St Paul, Longridge St Peter, Mawdesley St Mary's Church, Mellor Holy Trinity, Morecambe St John the Divine, Morecambe St Laurence, Morecambe St Paul, Nelson Immanuel, Oswaldtwistle St Leonard, Padiham Nazareth Unitarian, Padiham St John, Poulton-le-Fylde St Oswald, Preesall Carey Baptist Church, Preston City Church, Preston Emmanuel, Preston Fishergate Baptist Church, Preston Moor Park Methodist Church, Preston Preston Central Methodist Church All Saints, Preston St Joseph, Preston St Luke, Preston St Mary, Preston St Paul, Preston St Thomas, Preston St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs Church, Preston St Peter, Quernmore St John, Rawtenstall St Anne, St Anne's-on-the-Sea St Thomas, St Anne's-on-the-Sea St Peter, Scorton St Paul, Scotforth St Anne, Singleton St Paul, Skelmersdale St Luke, Slyne with Hest Church of the Good Shepherd, Tatham St Oswald, Warton St Michael, Weeton Christ Church, Wesham St Michael, Whitewell St Luke, Winmarleigh St John the Evangelist, Worsthorne St Nicholas, Wrea Green St James, Wrightington Bar St John the Evangelist, Yealand Conyers St Mary, Yealand Conyers

• Grade II listed churches in Lancashire
• Gothic Revival church buildings in England
• Gothic Revival architecture in Lancashire
• Paley, Austin and Paley buildings
• Former Church of England church buildings
• Church of England church buildings in Lancashire
• Buildings and structures in the Borough of Rossendale