St John the Baptist Church, Burscough
Church in Lancashire, England
St John the Baptist Church, Burscough St John the Baptist Church, Burscough, from the northwest
St John the Baptist Church, Burscough
Location in West Lancashire
53°36′16″N 2°50′25″W / 53.6045°N 2.8403°W / 53.6045; -2.8403 OS grid reference SD 445 123 Location Liverpool Road North,Burscough , Lancashire Country England Denomination Anglican Website St John the Baptist Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II* Designated 11 August 1972 Architect(s) Daniel Stewart William Waddington and Sons Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Groundbreaking 1829 Completed c. 1932 Construction cost £3,440 (£400,000 in 2023) Materials Sandstone , slate roofsProvince York Diocese Liverpool Archdeaconry Warrington Deanery Ormskirk Parish St John, Burscough Bridge Vicar(s) Revd Canon David Banbury Curate(s) Revd Chris Neilsen Minister(s) Revd Brian Abraham Organist/Director of music Peter Short Organist(s) Tom Cooper Churchwarden(s) Rob Williams, Diane Edwards
St John the Baptist Church is in Liverpool Road North, Burscough , Lancashire , England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ormskirk, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool . Its benefice has been united with those of St Andrew, Burscough Bridge, St Cyprian, Burscough Bridge, and Oaks, Burscough Bridge.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building .[2] It was a Commissioners' church , having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.[3]
History
The church was built between 1829 and 1832 to a design by Daniel Stewart.[4] A grant of £3,040 (equivalent to £340,000 in 2023)[5] was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission.[3] The total cost of its construction of the church was £3,440. Galleries were inserted on three sides in 1857. In 1887–89 the chancel was added by William Waddington and Sons, and in about 1932 the south vestry was built.[4]
Architecture
St John's is constructed in ashlar sandstone , with a slate roof. Its architectural style is Gothic Revival . The plan consists of a five-bay nave , and a chancel with a vestry to the south. The west front is gabled , and is divided into three bays by four polygonal buttresses that rise to octagonal embattled turrets . On the apex of the gable is a bellcote with louvred bell openings over which are gablets. It has an ogival top surmounted by a crocketed pinnacle . In the centre bay is an arched doorway, above which is a blind three-light window. In each lateral bay is a blind two-light window. The bays along the sides of the church are divided by buttresses, and each contains a two-light window. On the corners of the chancel are turrets, its side windows have two lights, and the east window has five lights.[2]
Regular services
Church services are held weekly on a Sunday. There is a 9am service, 11am Family Worship and 7pm Youth Service. There is also a midweek service at 10.30am each Tuesday.
See also
References
^ St John, Burscough Bridge , Church of England , retrieved 11 January 2012
^ a b Historic England , "Church of St John, Burscough (1220393)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 11 January 2012
^ a b Port, M. H. (2006), 600 New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818-1856 (2nd ed.), Reading: Spire Books, p. 334, ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4
^ a b Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West , The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press , p. 161, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
^ 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
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