The Parish Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. Church.
The Parish Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- drifting-footing-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1950
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Parish Church of St John, Monks Rise
- OS grid reference
- TL 238 148
- Coordinates
- 51.8186, -0.20516
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St John, originally a small church dating from around 1200, has undergone significant alterations in 1811 and restoration between 1874 and 1876. A large extension was added between 1960 and 1962 by John Glanfield. The exterior is rendered, featuring a lady chapel and a crenellated tower from around 1530. The windows are designed with two lights and rectangular dripmoulds. Inside, the chancel retains a plain arch from circa 1200, alongside a 13th-century piscina. The north aisle displays geometrical blank tracery from around 1290, likely remnants of a memorial. There are also remains of a rood screen dating from around 1540 and notable memorial brasses from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St John sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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