The Church of St John the Evangelist, Hucknall is a

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

in the

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in the Butler's Hill suburb of

Hucknall Hucknall, formerly Hucknall Torkard, is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies 7 miles north of Nottingham, 7 miles south-east of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 9 miles from Mansfield and 10 miles south of Sutton-i ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

History

The church was built between 1876 and 1877 on an acre of land at

Butler's Hill Butler's Hill is a residential area near to the town centre of Hucknall. It is approximately seven miles north-west of Nottingham, England. The Butler's Hill tram stop is adjacent to Butler's Hill, and is on the Hucknall branch of the Nottingh ...

given by the fifth Duke of Portland. It was designed by the architects

Frederick Bakewell Frederick Collier Bakewell (29 September 1800 – 26 September 1869) was an English physicist who improved on the concept of the facsimile machine introduced by Alexander Bain in 1842 and demonstrated a working laboratory version at the 1 ...

and

Albert Nelson Bromley Albert Nelson Bromley (15 July 1850 – 16 August 1934) was an English architect based in Nottingham."Brodie" (2001), pg.263 History He was born in Stafford on 15 July 1850, the son of Charles Nelson Bromley, a surgeon (1817–1853) and Emma ...

using Linby stone with Bath stone facings and brick buttresses. The foundation stone was laid in 1876 and was built at a cost £1,300. It was dedicated on 6 March 1877 by Bishop Tozer, an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Lincoln. It was built to provide for the spiritual needs of the growing number of miners and their families in the

area of Hucknall. The chancel was added in 1895 to designs by the architect

Robert Charles Clarke Robert Charles Clarke (1843 – 16 February 1904) was an architect based in Nottingham. History He was born in 1843, the son of Robert Clarke and went into business with his father to form ''Robert Clarke & Son''. He married Fanny Tinkler on 27 ...

. The sanctuary was completely refurnished in 1925 when the altar, reredos, and chairs were introduced, as well as a highly carved bishop's chair. Rush-bottomed chairs in the nave date from 1877. The rood crucifix is unique. Hanging in the chancel arch it bears a rough wooden cross originally on the grave of an ex-member of the congregation killed in the First World War. Most of the windows are single lancets, although there is a circular quatrefoil above the two at the west end which are in memory of local miners killed in World War II. The east window is the artistic highlight of the church portraying the Crucifixion. It is a memorial to the men of Butlers Hill who died in the Great War.

List of incumbents

*Revd Penny Compton *Revd David Ford 2011 - current

Current parish status

It is in a group of parishes which includes: *Church of St John the Evangelist *

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Hucknall The Church of St Mary Magdalene in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, is a parish church in the Church of England dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene. The church is Grade II* listed as it is a particularly significant building of more than loc ...

* Church of St Peter and St Paul, Westville

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Churches completed in 1877 19th-century Church of England church buildings 1877 establishments in England