Parish Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Bexley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1980. Church.

Parish Church of St John the Evangelist

WRENN ID
idle-steeple-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bexley
Constituency
Old Bexley and Sidcup MP: Mr Louie French (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1980
Type
Church
Address
Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, Parkhill Road
OS grid reference
TQ 490 736
Coordinates
51.44238, 0.14383
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, located on Parkhill Road in Bexley, was begun in 1881 by architect George Low and consecrated in 1882. The church features a five-bay aisled nave, with the western bay being shorter than the others, and an apsidal chancel. There is a north tower that includes corner turrets and an octagonal upper stage topped with a stone spire, as well as a north porch. The exterior showcases lancet windows and plate tracery. Inside, the church has round piers and pointed arches with two chamfered orders in the nave. The chancel is painted and includes an iron screen, while the nave features tie-beam roofs with king-posts and a ribbed, pointed tunnel vault in the chancel.

Local climate

Parish Church of St John the Evangelist sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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