Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Church.
Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- graven-flagstone-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John, Dawley Road, Lawley and Overdale
- OS grid reference
- SJ 667 087
- Coordinates
- 52.67512, -2.49341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John, built in 1865 and designed by J Ladds, is a Romanesque-style church located on Dawley Road. It features polychrome brick construction and a tiled roof. The church includes a nave with lancet windows, a south porch, and a chancel with a polygonal apse that also has lancet windows. A large tower is situated on the south side of the chancel, which has round-arched bell openings and a pyramidal tiled spire supported by a corbel table. The east and west windows contain stained glass made by Evans of Smethwick.
Local climate
Church of St John receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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