The Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the North East Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. Church.
The Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- fading-gallery-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North East Derbyshire
- Constituency
- North East Derbyshire MP: Louise Sandher-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1989
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Church of St John the Evangelist, Eckington
- OS grid reference
- SK 401 812
- Coordinates
- 53.32624, -1.39877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Evangelist is an Anglican church and community centre dating from 1838-40, designed by Woodhead and Hurst. A tower was added in 1883-84, and alterations in 1984 created a community centre. The church is constructed of coursed coal measures sandstone with ashlar dressings, including moulded copings and gables, cross finials, and a Welsh slated roof.
The south-west tower incorporates a gabled porch, nave, north and south aisles, and a chancel with a vestry to the north wall. The tower is built of rock-faced masonry and features three stages set upon a moulded plinth. A stairway is incorporated within the first stage, above which is a doorway and lancet windows. Stepped angle buttresses are present with set-offs to the first stage. Above the gabled porch, triple lancet windows sit within a pointed arched doorway with a deeply moulded surround and attached shafts. A hoodmould with a projecting ashlar apex is above a plain arch. The second stage is plain with unmoulded stringcourses. The bell stage has octagonal corner columns supporting octagonal pinnacles within moulded caps. Twin lancet belfry lights are contained within a hoodmould integrated within a stringcourse. A shallow parapet rises from a plain corbel table, with moulded coping, topped by a steep, slated pyramidal roof.
The three-bay south aisle has tripartite lancet windows rising from a plain plinth, delineated by stepped buttresses. The end bay includes a 20th-century double doorway. The six-bay nave features cinquefoil clerestory lights and a tall tripartite lancet window on the west gable. The two-bay chancel incorporates a single shallow buttress, 2-light pointed arched windows, and diagonal buttresses to the east gable. The east gable’s 4-light pointed arched window has geometrical tracery, a hoodmould with carved stops, and a continuous band linking cills with buttresses. The single-bay vestry has a hipped roof. The four-bay north aisle has an elaborately moulded kneeler and now has a 20th-century double doorway.
Local climate
The Church of St John the Evangelist receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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