St John's Church, Doddington

St John's Church, Doddington
St John's Church, Doddington, from the northwest
St John's Church, Doddington Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°00′47″N 2°26′39″W / 53.0131°N 2.4443°W
OS grid reference	SJ 703 463
Location	Doddington Hall, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St John, Doddington
History
Dedication	Saint John the Evangelist
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	12 January 1967
Architect(s)	Edward Lapidge
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1837
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone, slate roof
Administration
Parish	Doddington, St John
Deanery	Nantwich
Archdeaconry	Macclesfield
Diocese	Chester
Province	York
Clergy
Rector	Revd Canon Helen Fiona Chantry

St John's Church, Doddington, is located off Hunsterson Road in the grounds of Doddington Hall, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Nantwich, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is combined with those of St James, Audlem, and St Chad, Wybunbury.^[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[2]

History

St John's was built in 1837, and paid for by the Delves Broughton family of Doddington Hall. The architect was Edward Lapidge.^[3]

Architecture

The church is constructed in yellow ashlar sandstone, and has a slate roof. Its plan consists of a single cell, with no differentiation between nave and chancel, a northeast vestry and a west porch. The porch is gabled, and the apex of the gable contains a datestone with the arms of the Delves Broughton family. Beyond and above the porch is a triple stepped lancet window, and over the window is a roundel containing a carved dog's head. At the corners are angle buttresses, which rise to form octagonal pinnacles surmounted by spires. On the top of the gable is a bellcote. Along the sides of the church are lancet windows between buttresses. The vestry has a double lancet window. The east end also has a triple lancet window, and a cross finial on its gable.^[2] The authors of the Buildings of England series describe the west front as being "gauche".^[3]

See also

• Listed buildings in Hunsterson

References

1. St John the Evangelist, Doddington, Church of England, retrieved 19 March 2012
2. Historic England, "Church of St John, Hunsterson (1312517)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 March 2012
3. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 330–331, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6