St John's Church, High Legh

of Leigh of West Hall, High Legh]] St John's Church was established by the Leigh family of West Hall, as its domestic chapel. Its construction was started in 1814 with an Ionic façade, to a design by Thomas Harrison. The original edifice burnt down in 1891. The remaining stone walls were used as foundations for the new church designed by Edmund Kirby and built in 1893. The roof was re-tiled in 1982.

The church is constructed in ashlar stone and brick, with a tiled roof and on its exterior timber framing with rendered infill; its interior is brick-faced throughout. The church's layout consists of a narthex at the west end (comprising its narthex at ground level and a two-level tower above), a three-bay nave with a south porch and a vestry projecting to the south, and a chancel. The projecting west front of the narthex has a central window with four casements and a two-light window on each side. Above the window is a timber-framed gable, and the lower stage of the tower contains a bay window with four mullioned and transomed lights on the front and similar two-light windows on the sides.…