Welcome to our website! The Friends of Roundhay St. John's Church was founded as a grass roots organisation in 2014 and is committed to working towards the restoration and conservation of the Grade 2 listed church and the two adjacent graveyards which had fallen into disrepair. The church property is situated on a slope in a semi-rural area on the outskirts of the City of Leeds. The church itself sits between the two graveyards, the south yard is the original graveyard, consecrated in 1826 and the north yard was added in 1932.
Mission Statement
THE PURPOSE of the friends of Roundhay St. John's church is to
protect AND PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE INTEGRITY OF THE
PROPERTY OF THE FORMER CHURCH OF ROUNDHAY ST. JOHN, WITH INITIAL
EMPHASIS BEING GIVEN TO THE NORTH CHURCHYARD BUT WITH AN EYE FOR
THE FUTURE OF THE WHOLE. ROUNDHAY ST. JOHN'S IS LOCATED IN A
CONSERVATION AREA AND MAKES A VERY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD. IT IS CURRENTLY AT RISK DUE TO A MIXTURE OF
MISMANAGMENT AND AS SHARED CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH
AND ITS GROUNDS
HOW DO WE DO IT?
bY REGULAR MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS, WORKING PARTIES AND
CIRCULATING INFORMATION WITHIN THE GROUP AND THE WIDER CIVIC
COMMUNITY WE AIM TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE CHURCH AND GROUNDS, ITS
HISTORY AND ITS REMARKABLE SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE LOCAL AREA AND FOR
THE CITY OF LEEDS.
fOR WHOM DO WE DO IT?
THE fRIENDS AIM TO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING rOUNDHAY sT. jOHN'S FOR
THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO REST THERE, THE LOCAL AREA AND FOR THe
CITY OF LEEDS.
cONTACT INFORMATION
ROUNDHAY FRIENDS@GMAIL.COM
LYNNestaveley@GMAIL.COM
rOGER POTTS: rOGER@POTTS-UK.COM
mike lAX : dEBBIErICHMOND@HENRYLAX.CO.UK
mARTIN mUERS:MFMUERS@DOCTORS.ORG.UK
Caroline Feeman:ukcaro@yahoo.com