St John the Baptist's Church, Leamington Spa
St John the Baptist's Church is an Anglo-Catholic parish church in Leamington Spa, England. The historic structure is Grade II* listed.
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Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
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Dedication | Saint John the Baptist |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Coventry |
Deanery | Leamington & Warwick |
Parish | Leamington Spa |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Rt Revd Paul Thomas SSC (AEO) |
Vicar(s) | Fr Stephen Charles Parker SSC |
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 a parish of the Society of St Wilfrid and St Hilda under the care of the Bishop of Oswestry.
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
- "Brown Matthews Architects » Churches". www.brownmatthews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012.
- "The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR".
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