Church of St John, Higham Upshire is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1983. Church.
Church of St John, Higham Upshire
- WRENN ID
- dark-hall-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1983
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John, Higham Upshire, Hermitage Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 712 714
- Coordinates
- 51.41631, 0.46173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John in Higham Upshire was built in 1862, designed by architect E W Stephens from London. It is constructed from rag and Bath stone and features a slate roof. The church includes a chancel, nave, and north and south aisles. There is a south porch located under the tower, which has a stone spire. The architectural style of the church is early English.
Local climate
Church of St John, Higham Upshire 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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