Church of St John the Evangelist (Roman Catholic) is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1975. Church.
Church of St John the Evangelist (Roman Catholic)
- WRENN ID
- muted-footing-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1975
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Evangelist (Roman Catholic), South Bar Street, Banbury, OX16 9AF
- OS grid reference
- SP 453 401
- Coordinates
- 52.05796, -1.33972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Evangelist, a Roman Catholic church, was built in 1838 by Hickman and Derick of Oxford in the Gothic-revival style. It features limestone ashlar construction with an ironstone plinth and a lead roof. The church consists of a chancel, nave, and west tower. The embattled chancel has an east window with three lights and a traceried pointed arched head, flanked by two similar two-light windows, and has a hipped roof. The nave is divided into five bays by buttresses and includes five two-light pointed arched windows with traceried heads and hood moulds. The west tower has four stages, with a west doorway featuring a wooden door and moulded, chamfered jambs and spandrels adorned with quatrefoil decoration. Above the door is a niche with a traceried canopy and a figure with an eagle on a pedestal. The third stage has a clock, and the bell stage above has two-light louvred windows with hood moulds. The west end of the nave has flanking niches with traceried heads and figures on pilasters. Inside, the chancel boasts a painted vaulted roof supported by four slender columns, along with a painted aumbry and a vaulted nave roof. The slender columns have foliated capitals, and there is a balcony. A stone relief of the Crucifixion, dating from around 1400, is located below the altar and originates from the old parish church.
Local climate
Church of St John the Evangelist (Roman Catholic) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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