St John the Evangelist's Church, Bournemouth

St John the Evangelist's Church is a historic building and church in the Boscombe area of Bournemouth, Dorset, England.

History

The church was constructed in the 1890s by John Oldrid Scott and C.T. Miles. The church is constructed from flint and stone. AFC Bournemouth is descended from the Boscombe St John's Lads Institute football team. The church conatimns a stained glass window from 1934 by Caroline Townshend. Historic England classified it as a Grade II* listed building on 27 February 1976.

References

Further reading

• RIBA Directory of British Architects 1834-1914, 2001.
• Victoria County Histories, A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 (1912), 133-137.
• N. Pevsner and D. Lloyd, Buildings of England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (1967), 124.
• C.J. Martin, A Century of Worship and Mission: the Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, Boscombe, (1993).

See also

• List of churches in Bournemouth
• List of Anglican churches