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St John's Church, Buglawton- West elevation

Looking at the west elevation of the church from SJ8663 : St John's Church, Buglawton- Churchyard.

St John’s, or St John the Evangelist’s, Church was the first of several new churches to be built in the borough of Congleton, originally as a ‘district church’ within the Parish of Astbury. The church was built on land gifted by a Mr Thomas Chapman of the Lowe after being petitioned by the first Vicar of Buglawton, the Reverend Edward Wilson. It was built in the pseudo-Norman style and cost £2,286; the money was raised by voluntary public subscription and a grant from the Diocesan Church Building Society. St John’s was consecrated on the 13th October 1840, the procession consisting of the Bishop and the Town Corporation was preceded by a group of Chartists and Socialists carrying a black flag and the Death’s Head and crossed bones!
Historical information from The History of Congleton by W. B. Stephens, Congleton History Society: page 219 ( Link ).