Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1974. Church.
Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- idle-pewter-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1974
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Evangelist, Watlington Street
- OS grid reference
- SU 722 731
- Coordinates
- 51.45296, -0.96092
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Evangelist is a Church of England building constructed between 1872 and 1873 by W.A. Dixon. It is a large church designed in the Early English style, built from rock-faced Kentish Ragstone, with red Mansfield stone and Bath stone dressings. The church features a south-west tower that includes angle buttresses and two light openings at the bell stage. It is adorned with gargoyles and machicolation beneath a brick spire with gables. The front of the tower has a columned doorway with a carved lunette and an applied crocketted gable above it. The west front is highlighted by a tripled window with stilted arches, and half octagon turrets of varying heights flank this facade. The church has a tall short nave and chancel, along with gabled aisle chapels. Notably, the stonework around the foundation stone was excavated to remove the foundation stone.
Local climate
Church of St John the Evangelist sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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