Church of St Thomas and St John is a Grade II listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1966. A C19 Church.
Church of St Thomas and St John
- WRENN ID
- old-gutter-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bury
- Constituency
- Bury South MP: Christian Wakeford (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1966
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Thomas and St John, New Church Street, Radcliffe
- OS grid reference
- SD 784 072
- Coordinates
- 53.56126, -2.32625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Thomas and St John was built between 1864 and 1869 by W Walker of Manchester. It is prominently located on an open slope above the road and is designed in a perpendicular style. The building is constructed from coursed rubble and is large in size. It features a west tower with a panelled middle stage, a top stage that has paired louvred windows, and is adorned with panelled battlements and pinnacles. The chancel, aisles, and nave are all battlemented. The clerestory windows are straight-headed, while the other windows are four-centre-headed. Additionally, there are stair windows at the west ends of the aisles.
Local climate
Church of St Thomas and St John sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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