Church Of St John The Evangelist

SJ 58 NE WALTON C.P. CHESTER ROAD (South East side) 2/53 Church of St John the Evangelist

GV II*

Church, 1885, Decorated, by Paley and Austin at expense of Sir Gilbert Greenall. Red snecked sandstone with graded Westmorland green slate roofs. Cruciform with 3-bay aisleless nave; oak-framed south porch on 6-foot sandstone plinth; massive 4-stage tower (chequer-work in 3rd stage) with recessed octagonal spire of stone and octagonal north-west stair-turret; transepts; chancel of 2 bays with south vestry. Windows have reticulated and panel tracery; the west window and those to north side of chancel and west side of transepts are square-headed. Interior. Barrel roof to nave and chancel with boarded lining in panels, each carrying a stencilled pattern; arch-braced transept roofs; rib-vaulted crossing; sedilia in south side of chancel; reredos with carved crucifixion; marble font, oak pulpit on stone base; oak pews and altar-rail; tiled floors.

The church is the principal building of the Walton Hall estate village (circa 1850 to 1912 ), built at the expense of the Greenall family, brewers and distillers, of Warrington.

Listing NGR: SJ5984685254