[1] It is situated on the corner of West Derby Road and Green Lane, in Tuebrook, Liverpool, England.

It was built in the 1860s to a design by GF Botley and is Grade I listed, as a building of exceptional architectural interest.

The church was built between 1867 and 1870, its cost of £25,000 (equivalent to £3,021,455 in 2023),[2] being totally met by the wife of Revd J. C. Reade.

[3] There was controversy before the church was consecrated because Bodley intended to use an early 16th-century altarpiece from Antwerp which had carved tableaux of the Passion as the reredos.

St John's began live streaming Mass on Sunday when public worship was suspended in March 2020.

[4] The spire is recessed on an octagonal base containing gabled two-light openings and it is attached to the pinnacles by flying buttresses.

[4] Pollard and Pevsner describe the interior as being "glorious" and "richly coloured" due to the "resplendent display of Bodley fittings and the vibrant decoration".

[3] The citation in the National Heritage List for England states it is "one of the finest examples of Victorian polychromy".

[4][3] The pulpit and the octagonal font were both designed by Bodley, as were the richly painted screens (again with panels by Kempe).

Fr Nicholas Johnson was instituted, collated and installed as vicar on 24 June 2021, the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist.

However, in 1905, it was decided revert to the original (and current) position within the organ case, possibly due to mechanical problems.

[8] Also on site is the ruin of a Victorian mortuary house, also designed by Botley and Grade II listed.

The bookings were made by Mona Best, mother of Pete, who decided to follow the lead of other bands who were widening their profile by playing in local Halls.