Old Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1954. A Medieval Church.
Old Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- moated-newel-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Farnham and Bordon MP: Gregory Stafford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1954
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Old Church of St John, Farnham Road, Greatham, East Hampshire
- OS grid reference
- SU 773 303
- Coordinates
- 51.06693, -0.89698
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Church of St John is a Grade II listed building located on Farnham Road in Greatham. It consists of the chancel and the ruined nave of a medieval church dating from the 13th century. The church features an aisleless nave and chancel. The chancel has a tiled roof and walls that are rendered with cement over malmstone and ironstone. The chancel arch, which is from the 18th century, is oval in shape and includes a keystone and impost blocks, although it is mostly filled except for a plain doorway. The nave is roofless, with malmstone walls of varying heights, and the arrangement of openings is distinctly visible. Inside the chancel, there is a Jacobean communion rail, an old font bowl, and wall monuments dating from 1772, 1785, 1786, 1821, and 1867. A notable feature is the tomb of Dame Marjory Caryll, who died in 1632. This tomb includes a recumbent effigy on a classical alabaster table tomb, with a wall monument behind it that features a Corinthian Order enclosing an arched panel.
Local climate
Old Church of St John receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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