St John the Evangelist, Knotty Ash

St John the Evangelist's Church, Knotty Ash

St John the Evangelist's Church, Knotty Ash
53°24′59″N 2°53′30″W / 53.41625°N 2.891717°W / 53.41625; -2.891717Coordinates: 53°24′59″N 2°53′30″W / 53.41625°N 2.891717°W / 53.41625; -2.891717
Location Knotty Ash, Liverpool,
Merseyside
Country England
Denomination Anglican
History
Dedication St John the Evangelist
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Architect(s) Williams and Edwards
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic
Groundbreaking 1834
Completed 1836
Administration
Parish Knotty Ash
Deanery Huyton
Archdeaconry Liverpool
Diocese Liverpool
Province York
Laity
Music group(s) Damascus Road

St John the Evangelist, Knotty Ash, is a church in the Knotty Ash area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is on Thomas Lane[1] and was built 1834-6.

The architects were Williams and Edwards[2] and it was built by Richard and Paul Barker[3] of Huyton in red ashlar sandstone.[4] There is a narrow west tower with recessed spire and thin polygonal buttresses. It has tall church sides with three light perpendicular windows and thin buttresses. The taller chancel with south chapel is an 1890 addition by Aldridge and Deacon. There is an excellent late 19th century Celtic cross in the churchyard, finely carved. The churchyard contains war graves of three soldiers, a Royal Navy sailor and a Royal Air Force officer of World War I and three soldiers and an airman of World War II.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "St. John the Evangelist Knotty Ash". Achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  2. ↑ "St John the Evangelist, Knotty Ash:: OS grid SJ4091 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland - photograph every grid square!". Geograph.org.uk. 2006-02-18. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  3. ↑ "History". Stjohns-knottyash.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  4. ↑ "North Liverpool: Knotty Ash, West Derby and Croxteth". Allertonoak.com. 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  5. ↑ CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualty record.
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