St John the Evangelist's Church, Otterburn

St John the Evanglist’s Church, Otterburn
St John the Evanglist’s Church, Otterburn
Coordinates: 55°13′56.41″N 2°10′53.67″W / 55.2323361°N 2.1815750°W
Location	Otterburn, Northumberland
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	St John the Evangelist
Dedicated	27 October 1857
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II listed
Architect(s)	John Dobson
Groundbreaking	28 September 1855
Administration
Parish	North Tyne and Redesdale Team
Deanery	Bellingham
Archdeaconry	Lindisfarne
Diocese	Diocese of Newcastle

St John the Evangelist's Church is a church in Otterburn, Northumberland, northeast England, located off the A696 road.

History

The foundation stone of Otterburn Church was laid on 28 September 1855 and it was dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Durham, Rt. Revd. Edward Maltby on 27 October 1857.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

References

1. "St. John the Evangelist Church, Otterburn, Northumberland.". Northumberland-cam.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
2. Wilson, Frederick Richard (1870). An architectural survey of the churches in the Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne in the county of Northumberland: containing plans and views of seventy-nine fabrics and sketches of the principal antiquities in them. Printed and photo-lithographed by M. and M. W. Lambert. p. 105. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
3. "N12343 Version 3.1". National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR). Reigate, United Kingdom: The British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 21 February 2014.