Parish Church of St John is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Parish church. 1 related planning application.
Parish Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- calm-steeple-heath
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough MP: Tom Gordon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1975
- Type
- Parish church
- Address
- Parish Church of St John, Elm Tree Avenue, Harrogate, HG1 3DS
- OS grid reference
- SE 304 570
- Coordinates
- 54.00821, -1.53685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St John is a Gothic Revival style church built between 1851 and 1857, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. It features a nave with five bays, a two-bay chancel, aisles, and a west tower intended to support a spire that was never constructed. The roof is made of graduated green slate with corbelled eaves. The exterior is constructed from grit stone ashlar, accented with contrasting colour ashlar dressings. The aisles are adorned with lancet windows, while the clerestory has two-light windows. The sanctuary windows are set in a blind arcade and include three tall lancets at the east end, featuring stained glass by Grace. Inside, the arcade piers are decorated with stiff leaf and naturalistic foliage, and the open timber roof showcases trefoil trusses. The internal layout was recently modified, with the organ moved to the west end. The south porch has an arched entrance with receding orders and naturalistic foliage details.
Local climate
Parish Church of St John receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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