Church Of St. John The Baptist, 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.
History
The church of St John the Baptist was built between 1877 and 1878 to designs by the architect John Cundall of Leamington.
It was recently reroofed at a cost of £250,000 by Brown Matthews Architects.
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.
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".
