St John the Evangelist's Church, St Leonards-on-Sea

St John the Evangelist's Church
The church from the northwest
St John the Evangelist's Church
50°51′21″N 0°33′11″E / 50.8559°N 0.5530°E / 50.8559; 0.5530
Location	Upper Maze Hill/Pevensey Road, Upper St Leonards, Hastings, East Sussex TN38 0RD
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Anglican
Churchmanship	Open Catholic
Website	www.stjohnspevenseyroad.org.uk
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1865 (in temporary church)
Founder(s)	Fr. Charles Lyndhurst Vaughan of Christ Church
Dedication	John the Evangelist
Dedicated	20 April 1865
Consecrated	1883
Events	1865: Temporary church erected 1866: Church destroyed by a storm c. 1867: New church opened 1878: Building damaged by fire 1880: Work started on replacement church 1943: Church bombed 1950: Rebuilding started
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	14 September 1976
Architect(s)	Arthur Blomfield (original church); Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel (rebuilding)
Style	Early English Gothic Revival
Completed	1881
Construction cost	£12,300
Administration
Diocese	Chichester
Archdeaconry	Hastings
Deanery	Hastings
Parish	Upper St Leonards: St John the Evangelist
Clergy
Rector	Father David Royston Hill
Assistant priest(s)	Revd Jill Hartman
Deacon(s)	Revd Michael Turnbull

St John the Evangelist's Church is the Anglican parish church of the Upper St Leonards area of St Leonards-on-Sea, a town and seaside resort which is part of the Borough of Hastings in East Sussex, England. The present building—a "very impressive and beautifully detailed" church^[1] in the Gothic Revival style, with a landmark tower—combines parts of Arthur Blomfield's 1881 church, wrecked during World War II, and Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel's 1950s rebuild. Two earlier churches on the site, the second possibly designed by Samuel Sanders Teulon, were themselves destroyed earlier in the 19th century. The rich internal fittings include a complete scheme of stained glass by Goodhart-Rendel's favoured designer Joseph Ledger and a 16th-century painting by Ortolano Ferrarese. English Heritage has listed the church at Grade II* for its architectural and historical importance.