Church of St John the Divine is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1950. Church. 3 related planning applications.
Church of St John the Divine
- WRENN ID
- swift-newel-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1950
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Divine, Kew Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 181 752
- Coordinates
- 51.46418, -0.30027
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Divine is an early Gothic revival church built between 1831 and 1836, designed by Lewis Vulliamy. The chancel was added in 1905 by Arthur Grove and features carvings and lettering by Eric Gill from 1905 to 1907. The church is constructed of yellow brick and has a pointed gable at the west end, with low aisles supported by pinnacled flying buttresses on the first bay of the nave. The gable is topped by an elaborate spire. Below the ogee pointed window, there is a gabled door that breaks into its lower parts. The nave contains painted 2-light windows with decorated tracery. The chancel, designed by Arthur Grove, is made of brick with Portland stone dressings and features bands of chequerwork. A central buttress is topped with a scene of the crucifixion. There are chapels on either side with perpendicular tracery. The chancel has a separate roof from the nave, which has a steeper pitch, and the division is marked by an abellcote. Inside, the church consists of a single wide room with a flat roof supported by tracened brackets.
Local climate
Church of St John the Divine sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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