St John the Evangelist's Church, Byley
St John the Evangelist's Church is in the small village of Byley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich. Its benefice is combined with that of St Michael and All Angels, Middlewich.[2] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner regarded it as being "really very ugly" with a "minimum of motifs, but a maximum of materials".[3]
| St John the Evangelist's Church, Byley | |
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 St John the Evangelist's Church, Byley | |
  St John the Evangelist's Church, Byley Location in Cheshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 722 693 |
| Location | Byley, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St John, Byley |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | John the Evangelist |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 2 January 1986 |
| Architect(s) | J. Matthews |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Construction cost | £1,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Brick and stone Roof of tiles |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Byley |
| Deanery | Middlewich |
| Archdeaconry | Chester |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Revd Simon Mark Drew |
History
The church was built as a Commissioners' Church in 1847 to a design by J. Matthews. It cost £1,000 (equivalent to £90,000 in 2019),[4] the Church Building Commission giving a grant of £75 towards this.[5]
Architecture
The church is built in brick and stone with a roof of tiles. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a three-bay chancel which is narrower and less lofty than the nave, a north porch and a southeast tower. The tower has a stone parapet and a steep pyramidal roof. On the west end gable is a bellcote.[1] The organ was built in 1860 by the Imperial Pipe Organ Company.[6]
External features
The churchyard contains the war graves of 18 Commonwealth service personnel of World War II.[7]
See also
References
- Historic England, "Church of St John the Evangelist, Byley (1138459)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 April 2012
- St John the Evangelist, Byley-cum-Less, Church of England, retrieved 3 November 2009
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (2003) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 123, ISBN 0-300-09588-0
- UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth, retrieved 2 February 2020
- Port, M. H. (2006), 600 New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818-1856 (2nd ed.), Reading: Spire Books, p. 331, ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4
- "NPOR D04462", National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 29 June 2020
- BYLEY (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 3 February 2013
Further reading
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 198–199, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6