St. John's old church can be found at the north end of Chapel street, Long Lawford. Built in 1839 by John Caldecott as a Chapel of Ease to St. Botolph's, Newbold, its use was mainly for that of the servants and workers of Holbrook grange where John Caldicott resided.
St John's has two churchyards, the old graveyard which lies a short distance to the east of the church, is now a conservation area and in recent years has been planted with an abundance of trees and shrubs and the newer and still in use graveyard, which the building of St. John's occupies.
Entrance to the church grounds is through a rather handsome lychgate, the church itself is of a basic design, built in yellow brick and with a roof of grey Welsh slate, the building has a pinnacle at each corner of the roof and a turret which housed the bell stands at the apex to the front of the church, on the south side lies the entrance porch and to the north side lies the vestry which give the church a balanced look
The inside again is of a simple design, to the east lies the nave and sanctuary and above them is a stained glass window and to the west is a recess.
St John's could seat 150 people on simple wooden pews, these like the chalice and paten were provided for the church by John Caldicott. There is also a smaller chalice and paten that was donated to the church by the Mothers union in 1952
Sadly St. Johns is no longer in use and has been sold by the church to be converted into offices, this has upset many of the residents of Long Lawford who have family interred in the graveyard surrounding the church.
