Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1967. Church.
Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- slow-sill-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John, Plenmeller with Whitfield
- OS grid reference
- NY 778 584
- Coordinates
- 54.91989, -2.3476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John is a former parish church built around 1790. It was reduced in size in 1859 and had its windows changed in the late 19th century. The church is constructed of squared stone with rubble on the north side, featuring tooled and margined quoins and stone dressings, topped with a grey slate roof. It has a single-bay nave and a slightly narrower single-bay chancel. The west end features hinged doors set in a re-set late 18th-century pointed arch with a tooled stone surround, flanked by the stubs of the former nave. A bellcote with a pointed-arched opening is located on the gable. The south wall of the nave has a three-light window with simple panel tracery under a four-centred arch with a hoodmould, while a similar two-light window is found on the south side of the chancel. The east end has a three-light window designed in the style of the 14th century, and the north wall is completely plain.
Inside, there is a late 18th-century pointed chancel arch with a plain square section and impost blocks. The chancel features a 19th-century boarded ceiling with pierced and cusped arch braces that spring from wall shafts. The nave has a panelled dado and a late 18th-century baluster font. On the north side of the sanctuary, there is the lower part of an elaborate coped 12th-century grave cover with a Lombardic inscription on the ridge, flanked by overlapping tiers of acanthus leaves carved in high relief. Additionally, there are four early 19th-century wall tablets.
The church, built around 1790 to replace a medieval structure, originally had a four-bay nave and a west tower. The stone from the demolished section was reused in the construction of Holy Trinity Church.
Local climate
Church of St John sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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