Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- little-pediment-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John, Church Street
- OS grid reference
- SE 096 158
- Coordinates
- 53.63896, -1.85524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John, built in 1829, is a Grade II listed building designed in the Lancet style by Peter Atkinson Jnr and constructed by Joseph Kaye. An extension to the chancel was added in 1862. The church is built of ashlar and features a pitched slate roof with a gabled chancel and a south porch. The nave has lancet windows with diamond glazing, and the square west tower is topped with a broach spire that has short groups of louvred lancets in the bell chamber and lucarnes on all four sides.
Inside, the church has galleries supported on octagonal piers with panelled fronts made of Canadian pine. Notable interior features include a fine oak chancel screen from 1911, a pulpit from 1910, and a beautifully carved altar and reredos. The west end has a narthex separated by a panelled screen, and the east window is a stained glass piece dedicated in 1889.
Local climate
Church of St John sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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