Church of St John Evangelist is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1985. Church.
Church of St John Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- lost-cornice-aspen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John Evangelist, Tout Hill, Whitwell-On-The-Hill
- OS grid reference
- SE 724 658
- Coordinates
- 54.08385, -0.89445
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John Evangelist is a Grade II* listed building constructed between 1858 and 1860 by architect G.E. Street. It is built from sandstone ashlar and features a plain tile roof. The church has a two-bay nave with a south porch, a two-bay chancel, a tower to the south, and a vestry to the north, all designed in the High Victorian Gothic style.
On the west front, there are four lancet windows with cusped heads beneath a rose window that contains cinquefoils. The pointed south door is adorned with fine decorative wrought-iron hinges and is flanked by attached shafts with stylised foliage capitals. The nave features three-light pointed windows. The two-stage tower has a semi-circular staircase turret on the west side and cusped lancets. It also includes twin belfry openings with plate tracery roundels above and is topped with a broach spire that has lucarnes.
The chancel is fitted with two-light pointed windows that have quatrefoil roundels, while the vestry has three cusped lancets beneath a quatrefoil roundel. The east end of the church showcases a three-light window with three traceried roundels in the head. Inside, the church contains a five-panel reredos, a pulpit, and a font, all featuring marble inlay.
Local climate
Church of St John Evangelist receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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