St John the Evangelist - Buckinghamshire's Local Heritage List

Location/Address

Victoria Road, Farnham Common, SL2 3NJ

Type

Building

Roofed and walled permanent structures.

Description

Church of England Church

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Statement of Significance

Asset type

A church built and used by the Church of England.

Age

An Edwardian church, over a century old. Datestones 1905 and 1907

Architectural and Artistic Interest

Red brick with stone dressings, perpendicular windows and tiled roof. Slanting buttresses. Unusual part dark wooden cladding. Built by 1907 C Ford Whitcombe and extended East and North porch in 1924 by G. H. Fellowes Prynne. Stained Glass by Kempe and Co. Cancel s undated by A. L Moore. Sanctuary N 1908 - By Comper, nave centre 1940 and E

Historic Interest

Built over 100 years ago in 1905 the stones embedded in the brick work relay the message that H.R.H. Princess Christian of Schleswig Holstein was present to lay the stone in 1907 and the Lord Bishop of Buckingham present to lay a further stone in 1924 following additional extensions to the church. There is a memorial in the church to remember those brave air force men who died in World War II when there plane came down in the adjacent Brockhurst Woods.

Landmark Status

A important focal point for the Christian faith and other activities serving the local community of Farnham Common. It is located between the Parish hall and the library with the Victoria Pub across the road.