Church of St John is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Church.

Church of St John

WRENN ID
bitter-rubble-lark
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Church
Address
Church of St John, Ulpha, Cumberland
OS grid reference
SD 198 932
Coordinates
54.32847, -3.23467
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St John is a parish church that likely dates from the 17th century, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed of wet-dashed rubble and features a graduated slate roof with stone copings and kneelers, along with a gabled bellcote at the west end. The church has a single-cell plan and includes a 20th-century gabled porch added to the west end, which has a plank inner door. The east window is probably from the 17th century, while the remaining windows appear to be later insertions from the 20th century. Inside, there are six original roof trusses and remnants of 17th and 18th-century wall paintings that were uncovered in 1934. These paintings include part of Queen Anne's coat-of-arms, text boards, and two oval memorials dated 1793. The original octagonal basin of the font is supported by a 19th-century pillar and plinth.

Local climate

Church of St John sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,610 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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