Church of St John is a Grade II* listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. A Victorian Parish church.
Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- spare-groin-jackdaw
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Parish church
- Address
- Church of St John, St Johns Street, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 852 646
- Coordinates
- 52.24909, 0.71277
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John is a parish church built in 1841 by William Ranger, with the east end remodeled in 1875 by J Drayton Wyatt. It is constructed of white brick, with red brick used for the interior of the high entrance porch at the base of the tower. Designed in the Early English style, the church features a nave and chancel, north and south aisles, and a west tower topped by a high octagonal brick spire.
The exterior of the tower consists of two stepped stages, both adorned with steeply pointed turrets and flying buttresses. The entrance porch, located in the lowest stage, has three high pointed-arched openings and a recessed doorway. The clerestory of the nave includes three stepped lancet windows for each bay, while the north and south aisles are marked by stepped buttresses and feature two pointed windows in each bay.
Inside, the nave and chancel are continuous, with arcades spanning seven bays supported by slender columns and a vaulted timber roof. There is a blank arcade at the east end along with three lancet windows. An ornate marble font, which has a cover in Jacobean style, adds to the interior's decorative features.
Local climate
Church of St John 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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