St John's Church, Threapwood

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St John's Church, Threapwood
St John's Church, Threapwood (Cheshire)
St John's Church, Threapwood
Shown within Cheshire
Basic information
Location Threapwood, Cheshire, England
Geographic coordinates 53°00′18″N 2°50′07″W / 53.0049, -2.8354Coordinates: 53°00′18″N 2°50′07″W / 53.0049, -2.8354
Religious affiliation Anglican
District Diocese of Chester
Ecclesiastical status Parish church
Architectural description
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Georgian
Year completed 1815
Specifications
Materials Brick with slate roof

St John's Church, Threapwood is in the village of Threapwood, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ439456). It is a Grade II* listed building[1]. Pevsner states that it is entirely Georgian in style.[2]

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[edit] History

The church was built in 1815 as an extra-parochial chapel.[1] The parish of St John's was established in 1817.[3]

[edit] Structure

The church is built in brick with a slate roof. It is a rectangular intact Georgian church. At the west end is an open octagonal cupola.[1] Pedimented doorways are at the west end and in the middle of the south side.[2]

[edit] Fittings and furniture

Inside are galleries on three sides with the north and south galleries curving round to the west gallery. They are on iron columns with an iron parapet. The two chandeliers are in brass and are dated 1817.[2] The altar rails are iron and are on three sides of the altar.[4] At two sides of the altar are box pews with brass name plates for the patrons, the Broughton and Kenyon families. The panelled timber reredos is in three parts, bearing the Lord's Prayer and the creed to the left and the right and an extract from Exodus in a divided central panel.[1]

[edit] External features

The gatepiers, gates, wall, piers and railings to the church are listed Grade II.[5]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Images of England: Church of St John, Threapwood. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
  2. ^ a b c Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 361. ISBN 0 300 09588 0. 
  3. ^ Threapwood. Genuki. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
  4. ^ Morant, Roland W. (1989). Cheshire Churches. Birkenhead: Countyvise, 182. ISBN 0 907768 18 0. 
  5. ^ Images of England: Gatepiers, gates, wall, piers and railings. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.