Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1972. Church. 6 related planning applications.
Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- young-foundation-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1972
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Evangelist, Upper Brents, Faversham, ME13 7DR
- OS grid reference
- TR 015 617
- Coordinates
- 51.31947, 0.89056
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Evangelist, built in 1881 by Kirk and Son of Sleaford, is designed in the Early English style. It was funded by Mrs Hall of Syndale House, Faversham, who was the widow of a gunpowder manufacturer in the area. The church is constructed of knapped flint with Bath stone dressings and has tiled roofs. It features a nave with five bays and a west entrance, a lower chancel with three bays, and a south-east aisle. The windows are lancet style set in deep embrasures, with the west front displaying an oculus with a quatrefoil, a triple lancet, and an arched doorcase with colonnettes. The aisle has a double lancet window, while all other windows are double lancets, except for the tall triple lancet east window in the chancel. The windows are separated by angle buttresses, and the roofs have cross-shaped saddlestones. Inside, there is an arcade supported by circular columns, a barrel-vaulted roof, an octagonal stone font, original pews, and an octagonal wooden pulpit. The stained glass was created by Frederick Prosed.
Local climate
Church of St John the Evangelist 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
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