A centrally placed porch on the southern side and a vestry on the north have the effect of making the building symmetrical on its east and west axis.

Both eastern and western facades originally contained gothic arched lancet windows with wooden Y tracery and a little quatrefoil cut into the space at the top of the Y.

Internally, the plaster barrel vault ceiling is crowned with a simple cornice with fluorescent lights concealed above the wooden architraves.

[1] The internal joinery and fittings are of waxed local cedar, including the altar and seating in the form of benches with decorative shaped backs.

[1] The St John the Evangelist Church, Parsonage and Parish Hall form a highly significant group in every sense of the word.

Socially, the group continues to remain a focus of religious and community life in Stroud, a role served by each building from its moment of completion.

[1][4] St John the Evangelist Anglican Church was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

The group remain an integral and undiminished assembly of buildings, which in their context reveal an important historical phase in the pattern of development in New South Wales.

Dating from the earliest days of settlement in the Port Stephens are, this unique group of buildings were an early part of the Australian Agricultural Company's rural empire.

The precinct has been a strong focus for the religious community since the early nineteenth century and retains a high level of social significance for the parishioners.

[1] The St Johns group is therefore significant at a State level for the process of growth and development they represent in relation to the A.A Company as a reminder of the most important agricultural activities in Australia's early history, the township of Stroud; and the Anglican religion.

St Johns Stroud Group holds significant importance for its association with the Australian Agricultural Company, and it Super Intendants, especially that of Parry.

[1] While the vast majority of cemetery monuments remain in relatively good condition today, there are some headstones which have not been replaced after either being vandalised or simply deteriorated from age.

[1] In terms of architectural characteristics, the St Johns group of buildings, landscapes and cemetery stands on its own merits as having aesthetic significance at a state level.

Consequently, organised religion held an important place in early settlement of Stroud, being nurtured, if not perhaps enforced by the Australian Agricultural Company Superintendents.

[1] St John's Stroud Group stands as a reminder both of the churches role in convict society and of Parry's commitment to evangelicalism.

The group of building's have contributed to the spiritual and cultural life of the Stroud community for over 170 years, serving as the centre of local Anglican worship and social activity.

The St John's Church Hall has played a pivotal role in providing a place for community groups since it was built until this day.

[1] These buildings have formed an integral part of the tangible history of the Stroud community, for over 170 years including its built fabric, social, cultural and spiritual development.

By virtue of their age and condition the St John's Group has the potential to reveal historical information about early settlement in NSW.

St John's Stroud group is a considerably significant heritage item that is representative of the relationship between the buildings in terms of Church- School- Parsonage.

[1] The group as part of the township of Stroud provides evidence of early town layouts, where the street grid is arranged around earlier ad hoc developments, and where it as predominantly in the hands of a single entity - the Australian Agricultural Company.