Church of St. John the Baptist, Leamington Spa

Church of St. John the Baptist, Leamington Spa
Church of St. John the Baptist, Tachbrook Street Leamington Spa
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	St John the Baptist
Administration
Parish	Leamington Spa
Diocese	Coventry
Province	Canterbury

The Church of St John the Baptist, Leamington Spa is a Grade II* listed parish church in Leamington Spa, England.

History

The church of St. John the Baptist was built between 1877 and 1878 to designs by the architect John Cundall of Leamington.^[1]

It was recently reroofed at a cost of £250,000 by Brown Matthews Architects.^[2]

It is now a Forward in Faith parish under the care of the Bishop of Ebbsfleet.

Organ

The church has a two-manual pipe organ built by Henry Jones which dates from 1878. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.^[3]

Organists

1880 - 1888 Richard Yates Mander

References

↑ The Buildings of England: Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner: 1966
↑ http://www.brownmatthews.co.uk/churches#f0577dac-dbad-4cef-98c3-6bd678de846e
↑ http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N017536

Features of Royal Leamington Spa

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Suburbs	Lillington Milverton Old Town Sydenham

Notable buildings and structures	All Saints Church, Leamington Spa Church of St. John the Baptist, Leamington Spa Holy Trinity Church, Leamington Spa Leamington Spa railway station Loft Theatre Company Regent Hotel Royal Pump Rooms Royal Spa Centre St. Mary's Church, Leamington Spa St. Paul's Church, Leamington Spa Woodbine Street Recording Studios

School and colleges	Campion School, Leamington Spa The Kingsley School North Leamington School Warwickshire College

Parks and georgraphical features	The Dell, Leamington Spa Foundry Wood Jephson Gardens Midland Oak Newbold Comyn Parr and Wisden's Ground River Leam Royal Pump Room Gardens Victoria Park, Leamington Spa

Sports Clubs and Organisations	Aga Rangemaster Group Leamington Cricket Club Ground Leamington F.C. Leamington Spa Bach Choir Royal Spa Brass

Warwick District towns, parishes and settlements

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Towns	Kenilworth Abbey End Castle End Crackley Ladyes Hill St John's Whitemoor Windy Arbour Leamington Spa Lillington Milverton Old Town Sydenham Warwick Bridge End Emscote Forbes Heathcote Myton Packmores The Cape Warwick Gates Woodloes Park Whitnash

Parishes, settlements	Ashow Baddesley Clinton Baginton Barford Beausale Bishops Tachbrook Blackdown Bubbenhall Budbrooke Bushwood Cubbington Eathorpe Haseley Hatton Honiley Hunningham Lapworth Leek Wootton Norton Lindsey Offchurch Old Milverton Radford Semele Rowington Sherbourne Shrewley Stoneleigh Wappenbury Wasperton Weston under Wetherley Wroxall

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Coordinates: 52°16′39.78″N 01°31′51.35″W / 52.2777167°N 1.5309306°W / 52.2777167; -1.5309306

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