Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1966. Church.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- grim-shingle-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1966
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, the Butts, Belper
- OS grid reference
- SK 352 475
- Coordinates
- 53.02394, -1.47602
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building located on the north side of The Butts. Founded around 1260 as a Forester's Chapel in Duffield Frith, this small Church of England structure is made of coursed stone rubble and features a single roof over the nave and chancel. It has buttresses at both the east and west ends, and the tiled roof is topped with coped gables and a bellcote at the west end. While the church generally reflects the Early English architectural style, it was restored in 1870. The south porch dates back to 1634.
Inside, the church houses a very rare Pre-Reformation altar table that has never been disturbed, with only three others known to exist. Additional interior features include sedilia, a piscina, and a 15th-century font. The roof contains five ancient beams, which are likely to have been reset. The building was also used as a school sometime after the Reformation and is set in a picturesque churchyard.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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