St John the Divine, Richmond

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St John the Divine, Richmond
St John the Divine from St John's Road, Richmond
St John the Divine from St John's Road, Richmond
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Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website www.richmondteamministry.org/stjohn
History
Founded 1831
Associated people Vigo Auguste Demant
Architecture
Architect(s) Lewis Vulliamy (original building); Arthur Grove (later additions and church hall)
Style Early Gothic revival
Completed 1836
Administration
Parish St John the Divine, Richmond
Deanery Richmond & Barnes
Archdeaconry Wandsworth
Episcopal area Kingston
Diocese Southwark
Province Canterbury
Clergy
Archbishop Justin Welby
Bishop(s) Christopher Chessun
Vicar(s) Revd Neil Summers[1]
Laity
Reader(s) Gill Doling Ruth Martin[1]
Director of music Mark Laflin[2]
Parish administrator Christine Goodwin[3]
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name Church of St John the Divine
Designated 10 January 1950
Reference no. 1194182
File:Interior of the church of St John the Divine (geograph 1954871).jpg
Interior view

St John the Divine, Richmond, in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark, is a Grade II listed church[4] on Kew Road, in Richmond, London, near Richmond railway station. It was designed by Lewis Vulliamy[5] in the Early Gothic Revival architectural style.[4]

Since 1996 St John the Divine has been part of the Richmond Team Ministry, which also includes the churches of St Mary Magdalene and St Matthias.[6][7]

History

Richmond grew rapidly during the 18th and early 19th centuries.[8] By the 1820s, Richmond's original parish church, St Mary Magdalene, was too small.[9] Having recognised the need for another chapel, the vestry commissioned new construction by 1831. The new building, St John the Divine, was completed in 1836.[10] It was built from 1831 to 1836 on a site provided by local resident and landowner, William Selwyn QC (1775–1855); the architect was Lewis Vulliamy. Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner criticise Vulliamy's "craziest W spire and senseless flying buttresses from the W porches up to the nave" but describe Grove's east end (added in the early 20th century) as "a fine composition".[5]

In 1838 it became a parish church in its own right.[11]

Organ

The organ, built by Beale and Thynne, was dedicated in December 1896.[12] Described as "a virtually unaltered work of Victorian artistry", it has been fully restored.[13]

20th-century additions

A chancel, south chapel and vestries were added in 1904–05; they were designed by Arthur Grove.[5] In 1908, Nathaniel Westlake painted the sanctuary ceiling with illustrations of the Book of Revelation, chapter 14, and created the triptych behind the altar,[5][12] The Stations of the Cross were carved between 1955 and 1970 by Freda Skinner.[5] Eric Gill carved the stonework on the triptych and over the sacristy door.[12]

The church hall, in brick, was built in 1911.[5]

In 1980–81 adaptations were made to the church to enable it be used occasionally for concerts and to provide a meeting room, toilet facilities and residential accommodation.[14] The architects were Dry Hastwell Butlin Bicknell,[5] a partnership of David Dry (1934–2011), Vince Hastwell, George Butlin and Roger Bicknell.[15]

People

Vigo Auguste Demant (1893–1983), vicar at St John the Divine from 1933 to 1942, became a Canon of St Paul’s Cathedral and an Oxford University professor. A regular broadcaster on the BBC's Third Programme in the 1950s,[16] he served on the committee that produced the 1957 Wolfenden report which recommended that "homosexual behaviour between consenting adults in private should no longer be a criminal offence".[17]

Worship

The church's style of worship is described as "modern/liberal Catholic".[18] Eucharist is celebrated at 11.00 am on Sundays and 7:00 pm on Tuesdays.[19]

References

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  9. ↑ Cloake, John (7 August 1987). "Richmond Parish Church: Richmond Retrospect". Richmond and Twickenham Times, quoted in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Cloake, John (1991). Richmond Past: A Visual History of Richmond, Kew, Petersham and Ham, London: Historical Publications, p. 92, ISBN 0-948667-14-1, quoted in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  17. ↑ Report of the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (1957). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
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