Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Church.
Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- small-lime-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John, Hopton Hall Lane, Mirfield
- OS grid reference
- SE 197 185
- Coordinates
- 53.66287, -1.70311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John, built in 1846, is designed in the Perpendicular style by Ignatius Bonomi and Cory. It features roughly coursed stone with quoins and ashlar dressings, topped with a stone slate roof and gable copings. The church has a four-bay buttressed nave, a lean-to north aisle, and a south porch. The chancel is two bays long and includes a vestry on the north side. At the west end, there is a three-tier square tower with diagonal buttresses and a stair tower on the north side. The tower is crowned with a crenellated parapet, gargoyles, and a pyramidal stone slate roof with a tall weather-cock. The bell chamber openings are two-light with Perpendicular tracery, while the windows include a three-light west window, two-light nave windows, and a four-light east window, all featuring Perpendicular tracery.
Inside, there is a four-bay arcade on the left supported by quatrefoil piers, with the eastern bay housing the organ. The chancel is adorned with stencilling and painting, and there is a carved oak chancel screen. The church has oak pews with linen-fold panels, including some at the base of the tower. A central font is located opposite the porch, and the east window, which is stained glass, dates from 1891. The nave and chancel boast an arched-braced roof.
Local climate
Church of St John receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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