Historic churches · South East England
The Parish Church of St John Evangelist
The Parish Church of St John Evangelist — Grade II* listed building-listed church in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
The Parish Church of St John Evangelist is a Grade II* listed building-listed church in england-south-east, United Kingdom, registered on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE entry 1354879). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.
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Heritage listing
Details NEWTIMBER CHURCH LANE 1. 5405 The Parish Church of St John Evangelist TQ 21 SE 22/29 II* 28/10/57 2. Chancel, north chapel (originally the family pew of Newtimber Place), vestry or parish room to the south of the chancel with no communication directly into the church, nave and west tower. Basically C13, but so much restored by Carpenter and Ingelow in 1875 that the medieval work was largely overlain. Tower added in 1839. Vestry or parish room late C19. Listing NGR: TQ2713413386 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 302712 Legacy System: LBS
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
St John the Evangelist Church is an Anglican church in Newtimber, West Sussex.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The church was founded in the thirteenth century. The tower was a much later addition in 1839, paid for from the proceeds of Charles Gordon's compensation for enslaved people on the Gordon family's plantations in Braco, Jamaica following the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 and Slave Compensation Act 1837. The building was significantly restored in 1875 by Gothic Revival architects Richard Carpenter and Benjamin Ingelow. The churchyard has a memorial to the men who drowned aboard the SS Mendi, when, as a First World War troopship, it sank in 1917 after a collision. The commemorative stone, installed a century later in 2017, reads: "In memory of Chief Henry Bokleni Ndamase and the 670 African men…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.9060, -0.1932
- County
- West Sussex
- District
- Mid Sussex
- Parish
- Newtimber
- Postcode
- BN6 9BT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Mid Sussex
Sources
- wikidata: Q17533540 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St John Evangelist Church, Newtimber (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Parish Church of St John Evangelist?
- The Parish Church of St John Evangelist is in West Sussex, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BN6 9BT), in the parish of Newtimber.
- Is The Parish Church of St John Evangelist a listed building?
- The Parish Church of St John Evangelist is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- Is The Parish Church of St John Evangelist free to visit?
- Yes, The Parish Church of St John Evangelist is free to enter.
- How do I get to The Parish Church of St John Evangelist?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BN6 9BT. It sits within the Mid Sussex parliamentary constituency.