St John's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. Church. 2 related planning applications.

St John's Church

WRENN ID
weathered-keystone-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 December 1950
Type
Church
Address
St John's Church, Scandrett Street, E1W 2UP
OS grid reference
TQ 346 801
Coordinates
51.50404, -0.06114
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St John’s Church is a building dating from 1756. The church body was destroyed, but the tower and the northern portion of the west wall, along with the entire north wall, remain. The tower is constructed of brick with stone quoins, a stone string course, and two stone cornices; the upper one extends over a clock. It has an unusual domed roof surmounted by a large golden ball and weather vane. A doorway of Doric order features a stone pediment, frieze, and engaged columns, leading to panelled doors.

Local climate

St John's Church 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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  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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