The Church of St John the Evangelist in

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, Devon, England is a grade II listed

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parish church. It was built 1851-1855 by

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, who had been a pupil of

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. It is in the ecclesiastical parish of "Saint John the Evangelist Sutton-on-Plym with Saint Simon Plymouth and Saint Mary the Virgin Laira" in the

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and is part of the Sacred Heart Mission Community. The church was consecrated on 21 June 1855. It is built of

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dressed with

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. The

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in the north aisle was built in 1883 and was bomb-damaged during

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but rebuilt in 1955.

References

Saint John the Evangelist John the Evangelist ( – ) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Gospel of John. Christians have traditionally identified him with John the Apostle, John of Patmos, and John the Presbyter, although there is no consensus on h ...

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