St John the Baptist's Church, Leamington Spa

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Church

St John the Baptist's Church


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.

History

The church of St John the Baptist was built between 1877 and 1878 to designs by the architect John Cundall of Leamington.

It was recently reroofed at a cost of £250,000 by Brown Matthews Architects.

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.

Organists

1880–1888: Richard Yates Mander

References

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

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