St John's Church, Burscough

St John the Baptist Church stands in Burscough, Lancashire, on Liverpool Road North. It is an active Anglican parish church built between 1829 and 1832 to a design by Daniel Stewart. The church received a grant of £3,040 from the Church Building Commission and cost £3,440 to build. Galleries were added in 1857, and in 1887–89 the chancel was added by William Waddington and Sons. The south vestry was built around 1932, and the church is now a Grade II* listed building. The church is constructed in ashlar sandstone with a slate roof in Gothic Revival style. Its plan includes a five-bay nave and a chancel with a vestry to the south. The west front is gabled and divided into three bays by four polygonal buttresses that rise to octagonal embattled turrets. A bellcote with louvred bell openings sits on the apex of the gable, topped by a crocketed pinnacle. The centre bay features an arched doorway and a blind three-light window above it. Inside, the bays along the sides of the church are divided by buttresses, each containing a two-light window. The chancel has turrets on its corners, and its side windows have two lights while the east window has five. The church’s Gothic Revival details, including the buttresses, turrets, and windows, create a striking exterior. The interior reflects the careful design and additions made over the decades.