Church of St John the Baptist, Outwood

Church of St John the Baptist, Outwood
St John the Baptist, Outwood
51°11′54″N 0°06′46″W / 51.1982°N 0.1128°W / 51.1982; -0.1128Coordinates: 51°11′54″N 0°06′46″W / 51.1982°N 0.1128°W / 51.1982; -0.1128
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	http://www.southwark.anglican.org/parishes/244ep2
Architecture
Status	Grade II listed
Architect(s)	William Burges W.P. Manning
Administration
Parish	Outwood
Diocese	Diocese of Southwark
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Rev. Trevor Kemp

The Church of St John the Baptist, Outwood is the parish church of Outwood, Surrey, England.

Clergy and style of worship

Part of the Diocese of Southwark, the style of worship is unstated. The vicar equally serves the parish of South Nutfield which is across the M23 motorway, as one benefice.^[1]

Building, setting and amenities

The early medieval style building was built in 1869 and designed by William Burges. Its tower of 1876 is by W. P. Manning.^[2] The interior has a simple brick design, whilst the exterior is of knapped stone with a stuccoed tower over brick.^[3] The church is a Grade II listed building.^[4] J. Mordaunt Crook describes it as "outspoken to the point of bluntness",^[2] and Nairn comments that it is "honest, but not very good".^[3]

The church is bounded on three sides by dense woodland of Outwood Common. The church has a vestry for choir and clergy. The church has a small graveyard adjoining on the same, north side of the road

Parish

Outwood is a parish of the Church of England which overlaps its civil parish. This area's nearest town is Horley and has a high proportion of farms and cottages on radiating rural roads making it somewhat dispersed. The church is 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the nucleus of the village and faces a junction with the last house of a road leading directly to the village.

The current parish was formed on 19 August 1870 from parts of five medieval parishes; Burstow, Blechingley, Horley, Horne, and Nutfield, all of which still exist as villages.^[5]

See also

Anglicanism portal

• Diocese of Southwark
• List of places of worship in Tandridge (district)

Notes

References

• Crook, J. Mordaunt (1981a). William Burges and the High Victorian Dream. John Murray. ISBN 978-0-7195-3822-3. 
• Cherry, Bridget; Nairn, Ian; Nikolaus, Pevsner (1987). The Buildings Of England: Surrey. Penguin. ISBN 0 14 071021 3. 

The buildings and works of William Burges
Castles, houses and colleges	Cardiff Castle Castell Coch Gayhurst House Knightshayes Court Maison Dieu, Dover Milton Court Oakwood Hall Park House, Cardiff Skilbeck's Warehouse The Tower House Treverbyn Vean Trinity College Long Walk Worcester College, Oxford
Churches	All Saints Church, Fleet Church of Christ the Consoler Church of St John the Baptist, Outwood Church of St Nicholas, Charlwood Church of St Peter, Carrigrohane Church of St. John, Cumnock Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Darenth Holy Trinity Church, Templebreedy St Michael and All Angels Church, Lowfield Heath Church of All Saints, Murston Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral St Mary's, Studley Royal St Michael's Church, Brighton Waltham Abbey Church
Furniture	Golden Bed Great Bookcase Narcissus washstand The Red Bed Zodiac settle

District of Tandridge
Settlements (grouped by associated post town)	Caterham Caterham on the Hill Caterham Valley Chaldon Whyteleafe Woldingham Godstone Godstone East Grinstead Felbridge Felcourt Horley Horne Burstow Lingfield Crowhurst Dormansland Lingfield Newchapel Smallfield Oxted Hurst Green Limpsfield Limpsfield Chart Oxted Tandridge Titsey Redhill Bletchingley Nutfield Warlingham Chelsham Farleigh Fickleshole Hamsey Green (part) Warlingham Westerham Tatsfield
Places of worship	All Saints Church, Oxted Church of St John the Baptist, Outwood London England Temple (Mormon or LDS Church) List of places of worship in Tandridge (district) Sacred Heart Church, Caterham
Education	Caterham School De Stafford School Hazelwood School Lingfield Notre Dame School Oakhyrst Grange School Oxted School Warlingham School Woldingham School
Transport	Railway stations Caterham Dormans Godstone Hurst Green Lingfield Nutfield Oxted Upper Warlingham Whytleafe Roads A22 A25 M23 M25 Other North Downs Way/Pilgrims' Way Greensand Way
Buildings and structures	Heritage buildings and grounds Bletchingley Castle Titsey Place Spectator sports Lingfield Park Racecourse Theatre Orpheus Centre, Godstone Lakes, watersports and wildlife Hedgecourt Lake Nature Reserve, Felbridge Wire Mill Recreational Lake, Felbridge Mercers Park Country Park, Nutfield Marsh
Sport	Football Farleigh Rovers F.C. Lingfield F.C. Warlingham F.C. Whyteleafe F.C. Cricket Caterham Cricket Club
The administrative centre is Oxted. The largest town is Caterham. Three of the post towns have urban centres Caterham, Godstone and Oxted. Lingfield and Warlingham are major villages which have post town status. The others are outside the area.