Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. Church.
Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- long-gallery-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John, Hunsterson Road, Doddington and District
- OS grid reference
- SJ 702 462
- Coordinates
- 53.01311, -2.44434
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John is a Grade II listed building, dated 1837, designed by E. Lapidge. It is constructed from yellow sandstone ashlar and features a slate roof. The church has an undifferentiated nave and chancel, with a vestry located to the north-east and a porch at the western end.
The western facade includes a chamfered plinth that runs throughout the building, a gabled porch with a pointed arch, a hood-mould, and floral label-stops. It has projecting springers and moulded coping on the gable. A datestone, which also displays the coat of arms of the Delves-Broughton family, is set at the apex of the gable. The west front is accented by angle buttresses with offsets and gabled caps. A triple lancet window with a hood-mould and floral label-stops is centrally positioned and projects into the gable, which also features a roundel with a dog's head in relief. The corners of the building are topped with octagonal finials with spires, and a bellcote is located at the summit of the gable, complete with a gable and an arched opening that has a hood-mould and label-stops.
On the south side, there are four lancet lights with hood-moulds and square label-stops, with buttresses positioned between them, similar to those on the western end. The north wall mirrors this design but includes a vestry in the easternmost bay, which has a double lancet window at its gable end. The eastern end resembles the western end but lacks a porch, and the triple lancet window is set lower. A cross finial adorns the gable.
Local climate
Church of St John receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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