St John the Baptist's Church, Bretherton | |
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53°40′40″N 2°47′42″W / 53.6777°N 2.7951°W | |
OS grid reference | SD 476,204 |
Location | Bretherton, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | St John the Baptist, Bretherton |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1839 |
Dedication | St John the Baptist |
Consecrated | July 1840 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 30 January 1987 |
Architect(s) | Edmund Sharpe Austin and Paley |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1839 |
Completed | 1909 |
Construction cost | £1,058 (£120,000 in 2023) |
Specifications | |
Materials | Sandstone, slate roofs |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Blackburn |
Archdeaconry | Blackburn |
Deanery | Chorley |
Parish | Bretherton |
Clergy | |
Rector | Revd D. J. Reynolds |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Miss J. Maggs, Stanley Hazlewood |
Organist(s) | Mrs Lesley Moulton |
Churchwarden(s) | John Hart, Sheila Williams |
St John the Baptist's Church is in the village of Bretherton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with that of St Michael and All Angels, Croston.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2] It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.[3]