Church of St John Junction of St John's Road and Upper Church Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Church.
Church of St John Junction of St John's Road and Upper Church Lane
- WRENN ID
- sharp-lintel-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury MP: Antonia Bance (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- SO 959 935
- Coordinates
- 52.54001, -2.06158
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John, located at the junction of St John's Road and Upper Church Lane in Tipton, was built in the 1850s, featuring a tower that dates back to 1683 and possibly earlier. The church is constructed of brick, with the tower made of sandstone rubble and topped with a slate roof. It consists of a west tower, a nave with a continuous chancel, a south porch, and a north porch with a vestry.
The tower has three stages, adorned with three string courses and an embattled parapet. It includes bell openings, each featuring two chamfered trefoiled lights, and a west window with a single chamfered pointed light. On the south side of the tower, there is a blocked doorway, above which is a sundial plaque. The plaque is set within a segmental pediment and bears the inscription: "This steeple was built Anno Domini 1683 John Nightingale William Clare Church Wardens." The masonry at the base of the tower is believed to be medieval.
The nave is composed of five bays made of blue bricks, which are recessed between red brick attached piers, and features a similar eaves band supported by a corbel table. The windows are paired chamfered lancets with red brick surrounds and iron lattice glazing. The east bay on the south side is covered by a porch with a pitched roof, which has paired east windows resembling those of the nave. On the north side, the east bay is covered by a rendered addition, and there is a rendered porch and vestry against the north side of the tower. The east wall of the chancel is fitted with three lancet lights.
Inside, the nave features four bolted queen-post trusses and a painted stone font designed in a gothic style.
Local climate
Church of St John Junction of St John's Road and Upper Church Lane receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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