Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II* listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Church.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- buried-ledge-moth
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road, City of Leicester, LE2 3AD
- OS grid reference
- SK 602 026
- Coordinates
- 52.61805, -1.11189
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a parish church built between 1884 and 1885 by Joseph Goddard of Goddard, Paget and Catlow. It is constructed of red brick with Bath stone dressings and bands, topped with a steep-pitched tile roof featuring a slender fleche. The church has no tower but boasts a very tall nave with tall plate-traceried windows. There is a short transept with small rose windows and low passage aisles.
Inside, the church has a notable interior made of yellow brick and ashlar, featuring a segmental arcade to the aisle passages and an arcade above the gallery at the west end. The timber roof adds to the character of the space. The east end includes low open galleries supported by a trefoil arcade. This church was commissioned by Miss Sarah Barlow and had a total cost of £8,500, with £1,000 of that amount for the land, which was funded through public subscription.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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