Church Micro 4065...Hampton Wick Traditional Cache

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St John's Hampton Wick is a Church of England Church. It was built to a design by Edward Lapidge in 1829–30.

St John's was originally conceived as a chapel of ease to the parish church of St Mary at Hampton about 2½ miles away, but following its completion, the district assigned to it was made a separate parish. 

The first stone was laid on 7 October 1829, and the building was completed by 8 November 1830.

The building's architect Edward Lapidge also donated the land for it, and paid for the enclosure of the site on one side. Lapidge was born in Hampton Wick, and also designed the present Kingston Bridge nearby.

It was built in a plain Gothic Revival style, faced with Suffolk brick and Bath stone. As originally constructed, the church was 65 feet (20 m) long and 43 feet (13 m) wide, with galleries on three sides, and a recessed window at the east end. It was intended to seat 800 people.

A chancel was added in 1887 and the church was restored in 1880 and 1911.

In 2010, after five years of closure, the church re-opened its doors under the Church of England's church planting. Services were resumed in December 2010.

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