St John's Church, Doddington
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| location = Doddington Hall, Cheshire
| country = England
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| osgraw = SJ 703 463
| denomination = Anglican
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| website = [https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12853/ St John, Doddington]
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| dedication = Saint John the Evangelist
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| status = Parish church
| functional status = Active
| heritage designation = Grade II
| designated date = 12 January 1967
| architect = Edward Lapidge
| architectural type = Church
| style = Gothic Revival
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| completed date = 1837
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| materials = Sandstone, slate roof
| parish = Doddington, St John
| deanery = Nantwich
| archdeaconry = Macclesfield
| diocese = Chester
| province = York
| rector = Revd Alison Fulford
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St John's Church, Doddington, is located off Hunsterson Road in the grounds of Doddington Hall, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Nantwich, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is combined with those of St James, Audlem, and St Chad, Wybunbury.{{Citation | url = http://www.achurchnearyou.com/doddington-st-john-the-evangelist/| title = St John the Evangelist, Doddington| access-date = 19 March 2012| publisher = Church of England}} The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.{{NHLE |num= 1312517|desc= Church of St John, Hunsterson|access-date= 19 March 2012|mode=cs2}}
History
St John's was built in 1837, and paid for by the Delves Broughton family of Doddington Hall. The architect was Edward Lapidge.{{Citation | last = Hartwell | first = Clare |last2 = Hyde | first2 = Matthew |last3 = Hubbard | first3 = Edward | author3-link=Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) | last4 =Pevsner | first4 =Nikolaus | author4-link =Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title = Cheshire | publisher =Yale University Press| year =2011| orig-year=1971| location =New Haven and London| pages = 330–331| isbn =978-0-300-17043-6 }}
Architecture
The church is constructed in yellow ashlar sandstone, and has a slate roof. Its plan consists of a single cell, with no differentiation between nave and chancel, a northeast vestry and a west porch. The porch is gabled, and the apex of the gable contains a datestone with the arms of the Delves Broughton family. Beyond and above the porch is a triple stepped lancet window, and over the window is a roundel containing a carved dog's head. At the corners are angle buttresses, which rise to form octagonal pinnacles surmounted by spires. On the top of the gable is a bellcote. Along the sides of the church are lancet windows between buttresses. The vestry has a double lancet window. The east end also has a triple lancet window, and a cross finial on its gable. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe the west front as being "gauche".
See also
{{Portal|Cheshire}}
References
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External links
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Category:Church of England church buildings in Cheshire
Category:Grade II listed churches in Cheshire
Category:Churches completed in 1837
Category:19th-century Church of England church buildings
Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in England