Church Of St John

The Church of St John, built in 1878 by Garlick Park and Sykes, is a Grade II listed church located on Church Street in Blackpool. Constructed from stone with slate roofs, it features a nave with low aisles, tall transepts, and an apsidal chancel, all designed in an Early English style. The southwest tower consists of four stages with angled buttresses that rise to prominent pinnacles and finials, and it includes two tall belfry louvres on each side. The aisles are adorned with three triple-lancet windows, while the nave has three 3-light plate-traceried windows set under 2-centred arches. The transepts feature two tall lancet-shaped windows with plate-tracery, and the chancel has three 3-light windows with similar tracery.

Inside, the nave arcade is supported by cylindrical columns with simply moulded circular caps, which hold up three 2-centred arches with moulded soffits. There is a gallery at the west end, and wall posts on corbels at the clerestory level. The wagon roof features small hammer beams linked by metal tie-rods. The chancel includes a screen in Gothic style and wooden panelling with Gothic decoration. The pulpit is notable for its suspended sounding-board topped with a domical cap of intricate open-work.