St John's Church, Rawtenstall

St John's Church, Rawtenstall
St John's Church, Rawtenstall Location in the Borough of Rossendale
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

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) [1969], 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