Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. Church.

Church of St John

WRENN ID
outer-oriel-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1983
Type
Church
Address
Church of St John, Upperthong Lane, Holme Valley
OS grid reference
SE 136 080
Coordinates
53.56903, -1.79485
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St John is a Gothic Revival church built in 1848. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings and a plinth. The church features buttresses and a pitched slate roof with gable copings. It has north and south transepts, with the south transept topped by a three-tier square tower. The lower chancel is present, while the nave consists of four bays on the north side and five bays on the south side, each side having a doorway, with the south entrance located in a stone porch. The windows are predominantly two-light with traceried heads, some of which contain stained glass. The north transept has two bays with similar windows, and its north window is a three-light design with stained glass. The tower has three tiers, featuring a bell chamber with a pair of two-light traceried and louvered lights on each side. There is a five-sided stair turret on the east side at the first tier level. The chancel has two bays with windows similar to those in the nave, and the east window is a four-light design with tracery and stained glass. Inside, there is a chancel arch, and the roof trusses are supported on engaged colonnettes.

Local climate

Church of St John sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% 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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