St John The Evangelist's Church, Derby
History
The architect for the church was Francis Goodwin. The foundation stone was laid on Thursday 14 September 1826.
It is a Gothic box shape with four tall corner turrets. The interior has galleries on each side, and the apsidal chancel dates is a later addition from 1871.
In 1891 the chancel was extended by 10 feet, and the floor of the chancel raised to give those in the galleries a better view. The heating and lighting were also improved at the same time. A new stained glass window by Ward and Hughes was installed, and the organ was improved by Charles Lloyd of Nottingham. The cost of the works was around £1,820 (equivalent to £251,064 in 2023).
In 1902 further works were carried where the exterior was repaired, and the upper stonework was taken down and adjusted. The interior of the building was cleaned and painted.
Organ
The church contains an organ dating from 1875 by Henry Willis. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. In 1836 Grey and Davidson supplied a second hand organ for £177 local legend has it that this organ came from the Theatre Royal Dury Lane, the theatre did hire an "oratorio organ from Grey and Davidson until 1834 so may be true(presumably the one referred to above as improved by Lloyd and Dudgeon)
Organists
- J. Norton ca. 1838, ca. 1846
- W. H. Orme
- Charles Drew 1868 - 1886
- Thomas Archer 1886 - 1923
- H.E Oldfield ca. 1928 ca. 1940
- Frederick J. Stevenson 1944 - ca. 1952 (formerly organist at St James' Church, Derby)
- John Gold..??
- Hedley Taylor until 1962
- Christopher Lyndon-Gee c.1965
- Terrence Worral ca. 1968
- TMN Whitehall 1970 - 1973 (Martyn R Warsop assistant)
- David S Johnson 1973 - ca. 1984
- Andrew Storer from 1995
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See also
References
- ^ The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. p.171. Second Edition. 1978. Penguin Books Limited
- ^ Derby Mercury. Wednesday 20 September 1826. p.3. St John’s Church, Bridge Street, Derby
- ^ Derby Mercury. Wednesday 21 June 1871. p.8. Opening of the New Chancel of St John’s Church, Derby
- ^ Derby Daily Telegraph. Monday 30 November 1891. p.2. The Re-opening of St John’s Church, Derby
- ^ 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 7 May 2024.
- ^ Derby Daily Telegraph. Tuesday 9 September 1902. p.2. Reopening of St John’s Church, Derby
- ^ "NPOR V00086". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ "Organist for 26 years". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 24 March 1944. Retrieved 8 June 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Andrew Storer marks 25 years as organist at St John's in Derby". Derby Evening Telegraph. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
