Church of St Saviour and Sts John Baptist and Evangelist (Roman Catholic) is a Grade II listed building in the Lewisham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1973. Church.

Church of St Saviour and Sts John Baptist and Evangelist (Roman Catholic)

WRENN ID
proud-grate-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lewisham
Constituency
Lewisham North MP: Vicky Foxcroft (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1973
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Saviour and Sts John Baptist and Evangelist (Roman Catholic), Lewisham High Street Se13, SE13 6AA
OS grid reference
TQ 382 753
Coordinates
51.46012, -0.01078
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Saviour and Sts John Baptist and Evangelist, a Roman Catholic church, was built in 1909 by John Kelly. It features a red brick construction in an Italian style, with a two-storey, one-window front. The building has overhanging mutule eaves that form an open pediment, with niches in the center and wide side pilasters holding figures of saints. Below the upper figure is a large round window, and three raised brick crosses are positioned beneath it. The projecting ground floor includes an entrance framed by Ionic columns and an open pediment, with a mosaic in the tympanum. Above the entrance, the inscription reads "JESUS GIVE THEM ETERNAL REST 1914 1918". Three stone figures representing the crucifixion are located above the pediment, and this Calvary was erected as a war memorial, unveiled in 1919. Two stone plaques on either side of the entrance list the names of the fallen men from the church. The flanking windows are two-light with baluster mullions. Inside, there is an entrance lobby with an arcaded screen, a five-bay nave supported by Tuscan columns, and an apsidal east end with an ambulatory. The barrel-vaulted roof features round arches leading to clerestory windows, richly lined with colored marbles.

Local climate

Church of St Saviour and Sts John Baptist and Evangelist (Roman Catholic) 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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