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Beatty Drive, CONGLETON, CW12 2ER

The Grade II listed ( http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-55857-st-john-s-school-house-congleton ) former schoolhouse was built around the same time as Image, which is visible beyond the end of the house. The two buildings are linked by the stone screen wall and archway visible in the picture.

This dated escutcheon is over the door of Image adjacent to St John's Church.

A Grade II listed ( http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-55856-st-johns-school-congleton ) former National Day and Sunday School built in 1843 (Image), three years after the adjacent church. There is also a school house behind the school building that can be seen in Image

Also known as Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum), it is a naturalised garden escape that originates from continental Europe. The bright orange flowers make a lovely splash of colour, as this one was, near the entrance to Image

This door at the base of the tower, according to The History of Congleton by W. B. Stephens, leads to the choir and organ gallery. St John’s, or St John the Evangelist’s, Church was the first of several new churches to be built in the borough of Congleton, originally as a ‘district church’ within the Parish of Astbury. The church was built on land gifted by a Mr Thomas Chapman of the Lowe after being petitioned by the first Vicar of Buglawton, the Reverend Edward Wilson. It was built in the pseudo-Norman style and cost £2,286; the money was raised by voluntary public subscription and a grant from the Diocesan Church Building Society. St John’s was consecrated on the 13th October 1840, the procession consisting of the Bishop and the Town Corporation was preceded by a group of Chartists and Socialists carrying a black flag and the Death’s Head and crossed bones! Historical information from The History of Congleton by W. B. Stephens, Congleton History Society: page 219 ( http://tinyurl.com/43cevt6 ).

Two of three clocks on the tower, all of which have stopped at different times. See also Image

Taken from the south-east corner of the churchyard, for a comparison see Francis Frith's picture taken in 1898: http://www.francisfrith.com/congleton/photos/st-johns-church-buglawton-1898_42170/ . The trees have grown and the ivy has been removed from the walls, but very little has changed. St John’s, or St John the Evangelist’s, Church was the first of several new churches to be built in the borough of Congleton, originally as a ‘district church’ within the Parish of Astbury. The church was built on land gifted by a Mr Thomas Chapman of the Lowe after being petitioned by the first Vicar of Buglawton, the Reverend Edward Wilson. It was built in the pseudo-Norman style and cost £2,286; the money was raised by voluntary public subscription and a grant from the Diocesan Church Building Society. St John’s was consecrated on the 13th October 1840, the procession consisting of the Bishop and the Town Corporation was preceded by a group of Chartists and Socialists carrying a black flag and the Death’s Head and crossed bones! Historical information from The History of Congleton by W. B. Stephens, Congleton History Society: page 219 ( http://tinyurl.com/43cevt6 ).

The gates give access to the church from Old Buxton Road, they are flanked by two lovely traditional Yew trees.