Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1968. Church.
Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- first-glass-poplar
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1968
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Evangelist, Iffley Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 525 055
- Coordinates
- 51.74663, -1.23994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Evangelist, built in 1896 by G F Bodley, is one of his finest churches and a principal work, featuring Morris Style decoration. The church has a four-bay nave with very plain arcades, north and south aisles, and a clerestory. It includes a castellated west tower, a three-bay choir screen, and a decorated timber roof. The entire structure is made of ashlar with a tiled roof.
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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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