English: The church of St John the Evangelist in Rushford. A college for a Master and five priests > https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1731610 - situated to the south of the church of St John the Evangelist > https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1731567 - was founded in 1342. The first Master of the college was John Godwyk, and it was during his time that the church was enlarged. The church consisted of an early 14th century tower, 13th century chancel and nave, and had a clerestory and two transepts. A south porch > https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1731558 with a room above was added in the 15th century. In 1545 the Earl of Surrey, then owner of the estate, ordered the lead to be stripped from the roofs and for the chancel and transepts to be pulled down. Only in recent years the churchyard was cleared of shrubs and trees and now the outlines of chancel and north transept can once again be seen. When Robert Buxton acquired the estate in 1585 he repaired the building which until then had been used as a barn. It took until 1904, however, for the church to be fully restored. The architect is believed to have been Samuel Saunders Teulon (1812-73), who also restored the nearby St Mary's church in Brettenham > https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1698910. The walls were decorated with stencilled designs > 1731588 of fleur-de-lys, alpha and omega and pomegranates, and an apse > 1731570 was added to replace the pulled down chancel. Its walls are decorated with hand-painted wallpaper > 1731577 and the stained glass windows are by AL Moore > 1731579. Pulpit > 1731585 and font > 1731602 are carved from Caen stone. The church was one of the sets used in the cult film "The Witchfinder General".