Music and Heritage Open Day 21st September 2025
Sun 21 Sept
|St John's Church
Choir and organ concerts mark English Heritage Open Day - celebration of English choral music from across the ages at St John the Evangelist, Redhill, on September 21st
Time & Location
21 Sept 2025, 14:00 – 17:00
St John's Church, Church Rd, Redhill RH1 6QA, UK
About the event
St John the Evangelist is an outstanding example of Victorian Gothic revival architecture, featuring the original Victorian stained glass, a gilded triptych and a fine organ built by Henry Willis (aka Father Willis, 1821 – 1901). Willis created 1,000+ organs, including those at the Royal Albert Hall and St Paul’s.
The first church was built in 1843 to serve the growing population that came with alongside the arrival of the London to Brighton railway in 1841. Aisles were added in 1860 by Robert Hesketh, and later reused by Loughborough Pearson in 1889-91 when he rebuilt the nave and chancel to create the church we see today.
Pearson (1817-97) was one of the greatest of 19th century church architects. He worked on more than 200 ecclesiastical buildings, including Truro, Lincoln, Chichester, Peterborough, Bristol and Exeter cathedrals, as well as St George’s Chapel Windsor, Westminster Hall and Westminster Abbey.
St John's soaring…