Church of St John and All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. A Medieval Church.

Church of St John and All Saints

WRENN ID
carved-stone-russet
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Norwich
Constituency
Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1954
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St John and All Saints, Harwood Road
OS grid reference
TG 233 060
Coordinates
52.60665, 1.29723
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St John and All Saints is a parish church located on Harwood Road in Lakenham. It dates back to the 13th century, with a 15th-century tower. The south aisle was added in 1825, and the chancel was rebuilt in 1864 by J. Brown. The building is constructed of flint rubble with stone dressings, mostly rendered, while the south aisle is made of red brick and features a pantiled roof. The nave and chancel are combined, and there is a west tower, a south aisle, and a north vestry.

Architectural details include two 2-light north nave windows with 4-centred heads, an east window with intersecting tracery, and three 3-light windows with flat heads and drip moulds in the south aisle. The tower is unbuttressed and consists of three stages, featuring 2-light belfry windows, gargoyles, and a crenellated parapet.

Inside, accessed through the south aisle, there is a 19th-century wooden south arcade and a plank north door leading to the later vestry. The roof is arch-braced with roll mouldings on the purlins and principal rafters, and there is a moulded wall plate below rendered ashlar posts. Notable interior features include a 14th-century octagonal font and a monument to William Crowe, who died in 1779, located on the north chancel wall. The gable of the north vestry has a tablet inscribed with HJ/TK/1824.

Local climate

Church of St John and All Saints sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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