Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. Church.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- roaming-chamber-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent North MP: David Williams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1951
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, Cross Hill, City of Stoke-On-Trent
- OS grid reference
- SJ 869 494
- Coordinates
- 53.04261, -2.19626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a parish church located in Burslem, Stoke on Trent. It was largely rebuilt in 1717, although it retains a 16th-century tower and a chancel that was added in 1788. The tower is constructed of coursed and squared rubble, while the rest of the church is made of brick on a stone plinth, topped with tiled roofs.
The church features a west tower with two stages, which has a very low door with chamfered jambs and a flat-arched hoodmould. Above this door is a three-light Perpendicular window, with a three-light opening to the bell chamber above. The tower is supported by angle buttresses and has an embattled parapet.
The nave consists of six bays, with the outer bays on the east and west sides featuring doorways that have moulded architraves, and a pediment above the eastern doorway. There is also an eastern doorway on the north side. The windows in the nave are round-arched, with stone springers and keys, and feature Y-tracery. Smaller windows with similar detailing are located above the doorways. The church has a moulded eaves band and a stone plinth, which may be a remnant from the 16th-century church.
The chancel slightly projects from the line of the nave and has an apsidal east end that contains a Palladian window, which is adorned with a moulded cornice and brackets supporting the sill.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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