Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1976. Church.

Church of St John

WRENN ID
forbidden-soffit-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon East MP: Natasha Irons (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 November 1976
Type
Church
Address
Church of St John, Shirley Church Road
OS grid reference
TQ 358 653
Coordinates
51.3712, -0.04958
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St John, built in 1836 by Sir Gilbert Scott, is located on Shirley Church Road. The church is constructed of flint with stone dressings and features a four-bay nave, aisles, a chancel, and a modern south chapel. Inside, there is a bell turret supported by two large circular piers with crocket capitals. The church also boasts a marble altar piece adorned with a painting in the pre-Raphaelite style.

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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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