Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. Church.
Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- quartered-cornice-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John, Main Street, Lowick
- OS grid reference
- NU 011 396
- Coordinates
- 55.65037, -1.98263
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John is a parish church located on Main Street in Lowick. The nave and tower were built in 1794, with Gothic features added in the mid-19th century. The chancel was added in 1887 by architect F.R. Wilson. The tower and nave are roughcast with ashlar dressings, while the chancel is constructed of snecked rubble. The building features rock-faced buttresses and a roof made of Lakeland slate.
The church consists of a nave, chancel, west tower, and a north vestry. The nave and tower have rusticated quoins, and the tower includes a pointed-arched south door with an inscription above that reads: "THIS CHAPEL REBUILT AN DOM 1794 REV GEORGE GOODWILL MINISTER WILL SMITH CHAPEL GEO HALL THO HILL WARDENS GEO SAMPLE HENRY PENNY SELBY MORTON ARCHIT." Above the door is a band and paired lancet bell openings, topped by a 19th-century saddleback roof.
The nave has four bays with paired lancets, while the chancel has three bays with lancets and a five-light east window featuring Geometric tracery. The gabled roof of the chancel has flat coping.
Inside, the church boasts a Victorian hammer-beam roof. The south window of the nave displays figures of St. George and St. Constance, designed in the style of Morris and Co. from 1902. The reredos features late 19th-century naturalistic carving.
Local climate
Church of St John receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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