---
title: "St John the Baptist, Beeston"
description: "Located in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. Built 15th-century chancel; nave and remainder rebuilt 1842–44; enlarged 1876. Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. Grade II. Perpendicular Gothic Revival style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Nottinghamshire","Beeston","Grade II","Gothic Revival","George Gilbert Scott"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-john-baptist-beeston"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:16:43.934Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T20:33:08.407Z"
location: "Beeston, Nottinghamshire"
country: "England"
county: "Nottinghamshire"
town: "Beeston"
address: "Middle Street, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, NG9 1GA"
postcode: "NG9 1GA"
built: "15th-century chancel; nave and remainder rebuilt 1842–44; enlarged 1876"
consecrated: "5 September 1844"
architect: "George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt; enlarged 1876 by C. H. Thornton"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["John the Baptist"]
diocese: "Southwell and Nottingham"
grade: "II"
style: "Perpendicular Gothic Revival"
materials: "Pecked ashlar; gabled and lean-to slate and patterned tile roofs"
website: "http://www.beestonparishchurch.co.uk/"
openingHours: "Each weekday from 11.30am to 1.30pm."
parish: "Beeston"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1263823"
gridReference: "SK 528 368"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# St John the Baptist, Beeston

St John the Baptist is a Grade II parish church on Church Street, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, a Perpendicular rebuilding by Scott and Moffatt around a fifteenth-century chancel.

## Overview

Historic England records a fifteenth-century chancel, the remainder rebuilt in 1842 by Scott and Moffatt, enlargement in 1876 by C. H. Thornton, an organ chamber of 1876 and a vestry of 1897. The style is fifteenth-century Perpendicular. The fabric is pecked ashlar with gabled and lean-to slate and patterned tile roofs, moulded plinth and sill band, crenellated parapets and coped gables with crosses. The plan is a south-west tower, nave, chancel, north and south aisles, north transept and vestries. The four-stage tower has a higher octagonal stair turret at the south-west corner.

Wikipedia and the parish record consecration on 5 September 1844 by the Bishop of Lincoln, at a cost of about £3,600. The listing notes a five-light west window with panel tracery, a transomed five-light east window, and a fifteenth-century south doorway with a seventeenth-century plank door. The medieval church was heavily restored and rebuilt as Beeston grew.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1263823](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1263823)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist_Church,_Beeston)