Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1966. Church. 2 related planning applications.

Church of St John the Evangelist

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West MP: Phil Brickell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1966
Type
Church
Address
Church of St John the Evangelist, Chorley Road, Westhoughton
OS grid reference
SD 651 073
Coordinates
53.5617, -2.52696
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St John the Evangelist is a church built between 1858 and 1859 by G. Shaw. It is constructed from rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs. The church comprises a nave, chancel, and a north vestry. The six-bay nave is wide with low walls and has two-light traceried windows situated between weathered buttresses. There is a south gabled porch that includes a segmental-pointed entrance and a light above it. The west end features a three-light window with a pentangle in a roundel and two trefoil-headed windows, along with two small buttresses and a bell cote on the gable. The chancel is supported by diagonal buttresses and has a three-light east window. On the south side, there is a window with trefoil-headed lights and trefoils above, as well as a Y-tracery window flanking the entrance with a shouldered lintel. The north lean-to vestry contains triple pointed lights and an entrance, with a brick stack on a stone base.

Inside, the roof has a braced collar structure with pendants and wind braces. The west gallery was likely moved forward during late 20th-century alterations to create vestries and a meeting room. The chancel features an arch-braced roof, wainscotting, and a traceried reredos. There is 19th-century stained glass, which is particularly notable in the east and south windows.

Local climate

Church of St John the Evangelist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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