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St John the Evangelist's Church, Norley 
St John the Evangelist's Church, NorleyLocation in Cheshire
St John the Evangelist's Church, NorleyCoordinates: 53°14′59″N 2°39′28″W / 53.2496°N 2.6579°W OS grid reference SJ 561 728 Location Norley, Cheshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Norley, St John the Evangelist History Dedication John the Evangelist Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II* Designated 17 April 1986 Architect(s) J. L. Pearson Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Groundbreaking 1878 Completed 1879 Construction cost £3,500 Specifications Materials Red ashlar sandstone
Red tile roofAdministration Parish St John, Norley Deanery Frodsham Archdeaconry Chester Diocese Chester Province York St John the Evangelist's Church, Norley, stands to the west of the village of Norley, Cheshire, England.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[2] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Frodsham. Its benefice is combined with those of Christ Church, Crowton, and St John the Evangelist, Kingsley.[3]
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History
The first church to be erected on the site was a chapel of ease erected in 1833 and consecrated on 24 February 1835.[4] The present church was built in 1878–79 and designed by J. L. Pearson.[2] The land for the original church had been given by Samuel Woodhouse of Norley Hall.[5] The new church cost £3,500 (£260,000 as of 2011).[4][6]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is built in tooled ashlar red sandstone with a red tile roof. Its style is that of the later 13th century. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a north aisle, a two-bay chancel and a vestry, a central tower, a north transept and a south porch which is approached by 11 steps. The nave and the tower have two-light windows. Above the tower window is a clock face and above this is a pair of two-light louvred bell openings. At the top of the tower is a plain parapet. The chancel windows are lancets and at the east end are three tall windows.[2] The window in the north wall of the transept is more ornate than that in the south wall of the tower.[7]
Interior
In the chancel is a sedilia. The reredos of 1930, the altar of 1937, and screens of 1919 and 1921 were designed by F. H. Crossley. Most of the stained glass was made in the early and mid 20th century by William Morris of Westminster. The west window of the north aisle is dated 1950, and is by Trena Cox.[7] In the transept is a Willis organ, which was restored in 1985 by David Wells.[8] The font is square and probably came from the older church.[2]
External features
In the churchyard is a memorial to the Woodhouse family with an earliest date of 1840. It is constructed in ashlar limestone on a red sandstone base and includes marble plaques. It is a large monument standing about three metres high. On its top is a sarcophagus on claw feet. It is listed Grade II.[5]
References
- ^ Norley, Streetmap, http://streetmap.co.uk/grid/356110_372739_120, retrieved 18 January 2011
- ^ a b c d "Church of St John Evangelist, Norley", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1139162, retrieved 2 May 2011
- ^ Norley, St John the Evangelist, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/norley-st-john-the-evangelist/, retrieved 13 October 2009
- ^ a b Wright, Tom, Three Parishes, Chester: C.C. Publishing, p. 10, ISBN 0-949001-30-9
- ^ a b "Monument to Woodhouse family, 15 metres northeast end of Church Of St John, Norley", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1139163, retrieved 2 May 2011
- ^ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Lawrence H. Officer (2010) "What Were the UK Earnings and Prices Then?" MeasuringWorth.
- ^ a b Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 509–510, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
- ^ Norley St. John the Evangelist, British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=H00035, retrieved 13 August 2008
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Categories:- Church of England churches in Cheshire
- Grade II* listed churches
- Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire
- Gothic Revival architecture in Cheshire
- Religious buildings completed in 1879
- Diocese of Chester
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