Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Church.
Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- ancient-chimney-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John, Hopton Wafers
- OS grid reference
- SO 615 761
- Coordinates
- 52.38223, -2.56634
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John, built in 1849, is a Grade II listed building located in Hopton Wafers. Constructed from ashlar, the church features a plan that includes a nave with an incorporated chancel, a south porch, and a west tower.
On the exterior, the nave has an east window and four windows on the opposing side walls, all designed in a mid-19th century Gothic style with pointed arches and enriched metal lattice casements. The south window is sheltered by the south porch, which has an arched entrance, diagonal buttresses, and a semi-castellated parapet. The tower showcases a Romanesque-style round-headed window with simple ornamentation at both the upper and lower stages, along with string courses. A clockface is positioned in the middle stage on the south side, and the parapet features plain crenellation and raised corner merlons above weathered string courses.
Inside, the church includes a west gallery and a continuous nave and chancel. The furnishings consist of pine pews and a carved chancel screen, with a communion rail supported by an enriched Gothic-style cast-iron balustrade. The design of the church is inspired by St Michael in Hopton Wafers.
Local climate
Church of St John receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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