Church of St Johns (Church of Engalnd) is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1986. Church.
Church of St Johns (Church of Engalnd)
- WRENN ID
- iron-stronghold-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1986
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Johns (Church of Engalnd), Ipswich Road
- OS grid reference
- TM 015 276
- Coordinates
- 51.91126, 0.92829
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John, part of the Church of England, was built in 1864 by architect Arthur Blomfield. It is constructed of red and gault brick with stone dressings and features peg tile gabled roofs. This building showcases High Victorian Gothic "Early" details, including a nave, chancel, and a northern porch, all with hipped roofs and a circular bell turret topped with a conical roof. The chancel has a straight east end and is slightly narrower than the nave. Inside, the walls are made of red and gault brick, with chancel and tower arches composed of two orders. These arches are supported by detached ringed Purbeck marble shafts that feature 'wind blown' foliated capitals. The nave roof includes double side purlins supported by principal rafters, with saldive bracing that encloses sexfoils. The font is drum-shaped, resting on a central cylindrical shaft, and is surrounded by eight detached peripheral shafts made of polished marble. The drum of the font is decorated with arabesques of pitch inlay.
Local climate
Church of St Johns (Church of Engalnd) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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