The Church of St John the Evangelist in Notting Hill, built in the Early English Style, is prominently located at the centre of Lansdowne Crescent. Since its construction in the mid-nineteenth century, the building has provided a focus for worship and community use. Today, St John’s is a busy church open throughout the week for services, recitals, concerts, exhibitions, meetings, and other events.

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The West End of the church was constructed in squared, coursed, rough-faced Kentish Ragstone with Bathstone dressings. The church's roofs are finished in slate and abut the west elevation directly below its stone copings. The central part of the West End contains two clear-leaded lancet windows, with a small, decorated quatrefoil light above them. The Aisle walls contain smaller lancet windows, similarly fitted with clear-leaded lights.

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The West End walls suffered from severe erosion of the Ragstone surface, exacerbated by past cementitious re-pointing, which has resulted in a significant loss of detail and a pitted masonry surface. Much of the cementitious pointing is failing, resulting in open joints in the masonry. Dressed stonework to the elevation, including two buttress offsets, quoins, and window surrounds, was also eroded. Coping was weathered and in very poor condition. The abutment detail of slate roofs with the west walls of the Nave and South Aisle was formed with cement flaunching, which was inadequate and presented a risk of water ingress to the interior.

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The project consisted of Stonework repairs include stone replacement, re-pointing, re-construction of dislocated masonry units, coping stone replacement, and installation of new lead soakers and cover flashings to the roof abutments. The project also replaced the damaged original gable cross at the west end with a new, identical cross.  

 

Following its restoration, the original gable cross is proposed to be re-installed as a memorial cross within the churchyard in April 2025, commemorate church's 175 years history.