St John the Baptist's Church, Leamington Spa explained

St John the Baptist's Church
Dedication:Saint John the Baptist
Denomination:Church of England
Churchmanship:Traditional Catholic
Parish:Leamington Spa
Deanery:Leamington & Warwick
Diocese:Coventry
Province:Canterbury
Bishop:Rt Revd Paul Thomas SSC (AEO)
Vicar:Fr Stephen Charles Parker SSC
Website:https://www.stjohnsleamingtonspa.org.uk/

St John the Baptist's Church is an Anglo-Catholic parish church in Leamington Spa, England. The historic structure is Grade II* listed.

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

References

52.2777°N -1.5309°W

Notes and References

  1. The Buildings of England: Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner: 1966
  2. Web site: Brown Matthews Architects » Churches . www.brownmatthews.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120519102904/http://www.brownmatthews.co.uk/churches . 2012-05-19.
  3. Web site: The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR.