St John's Church, Duke Street, Hamilton is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 September 1979. Church. 5 related planning applications.

St John's Church, Duke Street, Hamilton

WRENN ID
tired-steeple-torch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Hamilton and Clyde Valley MP: Imogen Walker (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 September 1979
Type
Church
Address
St John's Church, Duke Street, Hamilton, ML3 7DT
OS grid reference
NS 723 552
Coordinates
55.77372, -4.03611
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St John's Church on Duke Street in Hamilton was built in 1835 and features a classical style with later additions and furnishings. The church has a three-bay facade with advanced ends and clasping Tuscan pilasters. It is topped with a deep entablature that includes a block tablet and volutes. The facade also has shallow arched recesses for segmental windows, and the first floor is linked to recessed doorways at the ends.

Local climate

St John's Church, Duke Street, Hamilton sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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