Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- standing-corbel-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Clapham and Brixton Hill MP: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Evangelist, Clapham Road Sw9, SW9 9AR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 300 759
- Coordinates
- 51.46737, -0.12898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Evangelist, built in 1842 by C C Nelson, is a rectangular classical church with one tall storey. It features a hexastyle Ionic portico and a pediment above an entablature, both decorated with egg and dart moulding. There are three entrances, with the central one being particularly tall and set in a moulded architrave that has a paterae border and a cornice supported by console brackets. The entablature extends around the five-window returns, which include a cill band and a stone plinth, and the walls are made of greyish brick. At the east end, there are three plain windows set in eared, moulded architraves, along with a vestry extension. An undercroft is located beneath the chancel. This church is historically linked to the evangelical "Clapham Sect," of which William Wilberforce was the most notable member.
Local climate
Church of St John the Evangelist sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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