Caretakers House to the Church of St John the Divine is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1998. Caretaker's house.

Caretakers House to the Church of St John the Divine

WRENN ID
graven-iron-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1998
Type
Caretaker's house
Address
Caretakers House to the Church of St John the Divine, 96, Vassall Road Sw9
OS grid reference
TQ 316 771
Coordinates
51.47785, -0.10504
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Caretaker's House for the Church of St John the Divine was built in 1954 by H S Goodhart-Rendel. This two-storey building features a near square plan and is constructed from stock brick with pantiled hipped roofs that include gablets and a catslide at the rear. The entrance is located on the side facade, which is at right angles to the road. The house has small, nearly square windows with central mullions, representing a simplified version of the glazing found in the main church. Positioned as a lodge to the adjacent vicarage at No. 92, this building reflects Goodhart-Rendel's opportunity to create an updated version of the secular Gothic style reminiscent of G E Street, whose church he was restoring nearby. The design is noted for its character and strength.

Local climate

Caretakers House to the Church of St John the Divine 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 98, Vassall Road SW9 Grade II 11 m
  2. Vicarage to the Church of St John the Divine Grade II 18 m
  3. 100, 102, 104 and 104a, Vassall Road SW9 Grade II 25 m
  4. 88 and 90, Vassall Road SW9 Grade II 32 m
  5. 145, Vassall Road SW9 Grade II 38 m
  6. 86, Vassall Road SW9 Grade II 45 m
  7. 106, 108 and 110, Vassall Road SW9 Grade II 50 m
  8. Church of St John the Divine Grade I 82 m
  9. 118 and 120, Camberwell New Road SE5 Grade II 102 m
  10. 116, Camberwell New Road SE5 Grade II 108 m