in memory of an only child - Storridge Herefordshire
Church of St John the Evangelist , Storridge, Herefordshire - The village was part of Cradley parish and until mid 19c, the congregation had to walk long distances to attend services there - this together with the desire of the Rev Charles Scott Luxmoore, rector from 1816 - 1854 to commemorate his only child caused this church to be built of local Cradley stone
Rev Charles Scott Luxmoore was the son of John Luxmoore, successively bishop of Bristol, Hereford and St Asaph. and like his father held numerous benefices and was also Dean of St Asaph; Since some of these benefices were sinecures from which he drew a substantial income without the burden of the day to day local workload, he amassed considerable wealth and enjoyed a comfortable life-style. Misfortune struck when his only child John Nicholl Luxmoore 1830-1849 died an undergraduate at Cambridge after falling from his horse. His father's plans to erect a suitable memorial to him were frustrated by his own death in 1854 , but his wish was continued by his 3 sisters who provided land and oversaw the building and cost of the church and vicarage.
Both the church and vicarage were designed in Gothic revival style by architect Frederick Preedy, and built by local man George McCann. Preedy also designed the only stained glass window in the building - the east window in the chancel. The lights in the chancel were originally designed as oil lamps, and later converted to electricity. The floor has Minton tiles.
It was consecrated on 12th August 1856 by the Bishop of Hereford followed by everyone going to the old rectory at Cradley to "partake of luncheon, elegantly laid out in a tent erected near the new schools"
The first vicar was Rev Richard Davis who ministered here for the next 20 years.
Restoration took place in the 1890s when the building was given new pews.
The original small graveyard was extended in the 1930s
Storridge reverted to be served by the rector of Cradley after its last vicar Rev E C Moir left in 1956.
in memory of an only child - Storridge Herefordshire
Church of St John the Evangelist , Storridge, Herefordshire - The village was part of Cradley parish and until mid 19c, the congregation had to walk long distances to attend services there - this together with the desire of the Rev Charles Scott Luxmoore, rector from 1816 - 1854 to commemorate his only child caused this church to be built of local Cradley stone
Rev Charles Scott Luxmoore was the son of John Luxmoore, successively bishop of Bristol, Hereford and St Asaph. and like his father held numerous benefices and was also Dean of St Asaph; Since some of these benefices were sinecures from which he drew a substantial income without the burden of the day to day local workload, he amassed considerable wealth and enjoyed a comfortable life-style. Misfortune struck when his only child John Nicholl Luxmoore 1830-1849 died an undergraduate at Cambridge after falling from his horse. His father's plans to erect a suitable memorial to him were frustrated by his own death in 1854 , but his wish was continued by his 3 sisters who provided land and oversaw the building and cost of the church and vicarage.
Both the church and vicarage were designed in Gothic revival style by architect Frederick Preedy, and built by local man George McCann. Preedy also designed the only stained glass window in the building - the east window in the chancel. The lights in the chancel were originally designed as oil lamps, and later converted to electricity. The floor has Minton tiles.
It was consecrated on 12th August 1856 by the Bishop of Hereford followed by everyone going to the old rectory at Cradley to "partake of luncheon, elegantly laid out in a tent erected near the new schools"
The first vicar was Rev Richard Davis who ministered here for the next 20 years.
Restoration took place in the 1890s when the building was given new pews.
The original small graveyard was extended in the 1930s
Storridge reverted to be served by the rector of Cradley after its last vicar Rev E C Moir left in 1956.