Former Church Of St John The Evangelist

The Former Church of St John the Evangelist was built between 1812 and 1813 by architect James Elmes from Oving, Sussex. This building is a notable example from before the Ecclesiological and Oxford Movement periods. It features a white brick exterior with some areas rendered and a slate roof. The structure has an elongated octagonal shape. The west front is pedimented and includes a door framed by stone pilasters and an entablature, with an arched window above set in a stone surround with eared and moulded details, and a blind balustrade beneath. There are porches at the left and right angles leading to staircases that access the galleries. The cupola resembles a miniature version of the Anoragic monument in Athens. The sides of the building have arched windows, and at the rear, there is a vestry.

Inside, the church has galleries supported by slender Egyptianate iron columns, creating a rectangular space within the octagonal design. In front of the altar, which is a modern table, stands a three-decker pulpit. The pulpit has square readers' desks, with one desk higher than the other, and the pulpit itself is circular, resting on a spirally fluted stem. Above and behind the pulpit, on the gallery, is the organ.

The church is part of a group with Nos 4 to 6 on St John's Street.