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Visitors often comment on the attractiveness and atmosphere of our simple airy Butterfield church.

A very warm welcome awaits you at the only United Reformed Church in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

The King of All England, King Edgar was crowned on this site in 973 and the service set the precedent for the coronation of all future Kings and Queens of England including Elizabeth II.

The exterior is mainly Victorianised Perpendicular but there are Norman and 14th century arcades.

A grant to help fund work including replacing the cramped tea-bar, library and toilet with a spacious kitchen and fully accessible toilet, and to improve energy efficiency and reduce running costs by installing draught-proofing and double/secondary glazing windows.

Peace, quiet and contemplation under one historic roof.

The architect Charles Hansom, designer of fifty Catholic churches in the country and brother of Joseph Aloysius Hansom, the designer of the Hansom cab, regarded St John’s as his best and most rewarding work.

12th century parish church in the conservation village of Olveston extended and reordered many times over the centuries.