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St. John's Church (also known as St John the Baptist Church) is a 19th-century Anglian church, located in Fortuneswell village, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. It was built between 1838-40 and has been a Listed Grade II building since January 1951. The churchyard walls, gate piers, railings, and steps of St. John's Church, dating from 1839–40, became Grade II Listed in September 1978. At this same time, two headstone monuments, about 5 metres north east from the west tower of the church became Grade II Listed. Designed by Edward Mondey or Charles Wallis, the church was completed with sittings for 616, for a total cost of £2,115, plus £200 for the ground. Built of Portland stone in small blocks, the church has a Gothic structure, which is simple structure in Commissioners' Early English style. It has also been described as Norman in its architecture. The church is of a simple dignity, reflecting minimal outlay by the Commissioners, but provides an important accent in the street.〔 The church remains active to date, as part of the Portland Parish - a host of three churches; St John's Church (St John the Baptist), All Saints Church and the Avalanche Memorial Church (St Andrew's Church). ==History== St George's Church, built between 1754 and 1766, had remained the island's only parish church into the 19th-century.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Portland Churches, Buildings and Views )〕 However by the 1830s, it had become too small and inconvenient for the increasing population within Underhill. It was decided that a new church should be built for Underhill, within Fortuneswell village, as a sister church to St George's. The church's construction commenced in 1838, and was completed by 1840, with the work undertaken by John Hancock of Weymouth.〔https://www.dorsetforyou.com/media/199172/Portland-conservation-area-appraisal/pdf/Appraisal_of_the_Conservation_Areas_of_Portland.pdf〕 In 1865 Underhill became a parish in its own right, with St. John's becoming the parish church.〔http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Portland/U_Hill/St_John/St_John_1.html〕 During 1876 the church underwent renovation and was also enlarged.〔http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Portland/U_Hill/St_John/St_John_1.html〕 This included the addition of a chancel and organ chamber by George Crickmay. During 1901 a new Parish room for the church was built and opened at the north end of Ventnor Road.〔http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Portland/U_Hill/St_John/St_John_1.html〕 When the Second World War drew to a close, on VJ Day, the 14th Port Regiment of the US Army presented its Stars and Stripes colours to St John's Church, as a memento of its close association with the people of Portland, both service and civilian. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. John's Church, Portland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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