Godstone Deanery
Dormansland, St John
Parish Contacts
Rev Graham Paddick (Vicar)
St John's Vicarage
The Platt
Dormansland
Lingfield
Surrey RH7 6QU
Tel: 01342-832391
E-mail: stjohndor@btinternet.com
Sunday Services
Details of all Sunday and weekday services and activities may be obtained from the parish contacts
Information
Patron: Bishop of Southwark
Population (2001
census): 2,772
Urban Priority Area: No
Deanery: Godstone
Archdeaconry: Reigate
Episcopal Area: Croydon
Diocesan Record Office: Surrey History Centre
Details of Church
Built: 1882
Architect: Arthur Blomfield
Listing: not listed
The church is sited at the junction of the High Street and The Platt near the south end of the village of Dormansland. It was built in 1882 as a chapel of ease to Lingfield but became a parish in its own right very soon after.
It was designed by Arthur Blomfield, not one of his best, and originally comprised a nave, chancel, north aisle, and north and south transepts. A vestry was added at the north east corner in 1889 and the south aisle, tower (ground storey only) and a small room at the west end in 1914. This was converted for use as a chapel in 1972 and became St Andrew's Chapel; furniture designed by David Nye. At the same time an assembly room, known as the Centenary Room, was built on the north side together with a kitchen and lavatories, designed by Adrian Gale.
