Church of St John is a Grade II* listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1976. Church.
Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- graven-niche-poplar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Streatham and Croydon North MP: Steve Reed (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1976
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John, Sylvan Road, Upper Norwood
- OS grid reference
- TQ 336 698
- Coordinates
- 51.41153, -0.08021
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John, located on Sylvan Road in Upper Norwood, was built between 1878 and 1887 by architect J Pearson in the Early English style. It features a striking tall west front with grouped lancet windows, flanked by square turrets topped with pyramidal stone roofs. The church includes a lean-to round-arch narthex, a 4-bay nave with double aisles, transepts, a straight-ended chancel, and a south chapel. The interior is constructed of stock brick and has a brick and stone vaulted roof, along with a tall clerestory that includes a wall-passage and a west gallery. Notable interior features include a stone rood screen and reredos adorned with numerous statues. The south transept was originally designed to support a tower that was never constructed. The church underwent restoration after sustaining bomb damage, carried out by Carol and Partners from 1946 to 1951.
Local climate
Church of St John 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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