St John the Baptist's Church, Leamington Spa

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

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

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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

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References

  1. The Buildings of England: Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner: 1966
  2. "Brown Matthews Architects » Churches". www.brownmatthews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012.
  3. "The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR".

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