Description:View from the south-east of St. John’s Church, Reapsmoor. It is Grade II* listed and is owned by the Peak District National Park.
Originally built in 1802 by the Harpur-Crewe family as a workhouse for the poor, it was converted into a church and school by Sir George Crewe in 1842. The ground floor was occupied by a schoolroom, and the adjoining workhouse governor’s house became the schoolmaster’s house. The external staircase was added to enable the upstairs room to be used as the church which was formally licensed for worship in 1846.
The school was a National School in the late 1840s and became a Council School in 1923. The school closed in 1959. The final service at St. John’s Church took place on 19 October 2025.