St John the Evangelist's Church is a church in
Otterburn, Northumberland
Otterburn is a small village in Northumberland, England, northwest of Newcastle upon Tyne on the banks of the River Rede, near its confluence with the Otter Burn, from which the village derives its name. It lies within the Cheviot Hills about ...
, northeast
England
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, located off the
A696 road
The A696 is a major road in Northern England, that runs from Otterburn in Northumberland to Newcastle upon Tyne.
Route
The A696 begins at a junction with the A68 road (to Edinburgh and Corbridge). It heads in a south-easterly direction throu ...
.
History
The foundation stone of Otterburn Church was laid on 28 September 1855 and it was dedicated by the Lord
Bishop of Durham
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,
Rt. Revd. Edward Maltby on 27 October 1857. Three sisters, the Misses Davidson, of
Lemmington Hall, and Mrs. Askew, of Pallinsburn, built Otterburn Church, in the year 1857, for the use of their tenantry and the neighbourhood. They endowed it with £100 per annum.
The architect was
John Dobson.
Organ
The church had a two manual pipe organ by Nicholson and Newbegin dating from 1910. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
Listing
The church is a
Grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
building.
Historic England, retrieved 24th Sept 2023
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References
See also
Church of England church buildings in Northumberland
St John
Saint John or St. John usually refers to either John the Baptist or John the Apostle.
Saint John or St. John may also refer to:
People Saints
* John the Baptist ( – ), preacher, ascetic, and baptizer of Jesus Christ
* John the Evangelis ...
19th-century Church of England church buildings
Churches completed in 1857
1857 establishments in England
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