Building record 438/17/0 - St John's Chapel

<1> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), 1994, An Inventory of Non-Conformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in the North of England, Lancashire no.256 (Book). SCH4548.

Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel built in 1807 for those seceding from the Church of St James (in Latchford) who were served by ministers in the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion and others until 1851, when a congregational church was formed. The latter removed in 1851 to Salem Chapel in Goldborne Street. The chapel was reopened in 1854 by the Presbyterian Church of England; it is now in commercial use. The walls are of brick with two tiers of round-arched windows, those in the side wall having their original frames with intersecting bars. The front was rendered and otherwise embellished c.1854.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1850-1, Five-feet to the Mile Scale Town Plan of Warrington (Maps and Plans). SCH4485.

This map depicts the chapel and includes a plan of the interior. The chapel is labelled: St John's Chapel, Calvanist.

<3> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 58868 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

North corner of John Street. Built as Presbyterian Chapel in 1808 changed to Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion in 1854 (when the front was probably added). Stuccoed, with long and short quoins. Gable/pediment has round eye and three round-headed upper windows in moulded architraves, and band at sill level; two round-headed doorways below, and triple round-headed windows in centre. Right hand return wall of brick, two storeys, each with five round-treaded windows, the upper ones with Gothic glazing bars.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1890, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Warrington (Maps and Plans). SCH4536.

This map depicts the chapel which is labelled: St John's Presbyterian Church.