St John's Church, Burscough

The church was built between 1829 and 1832 to a design by Daniel Stewart. A grant of £3,040 (equivalent to £}} in ) was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission. The total cost of its construction of the church was £3,440. Galleries were inserted on three sides in 1857. In 1887–89 the chancel was added by William Waddington and Sons, and in about 1932 the south vestry was built.

St John's is constructed in ashlar sandstone, with a slate roof. Its architectural style is Gothic Revival. The plan consists of a five-bay nave, and a chancel with a vestry to the south. The west front is gabled, and is divided into three bays by four polygonal buttresses that rise to octagonal embattled turrets. On the apex of the gable is a bellcote with louvred bell openings over which are gablets. It has an ogival top surmounted by a crocketed pinnacle. In the centre bay is an arched doorway, above which is a blind three-light window. In each lateral bay is a blind two-light window. The bays along the sides of the church are divided by buttresses, and each contains a two-light window.…