Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1955. A C14 Church.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- quartered-cornice-grove
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Constituency
- Coventry South MP: Zarah Sultana (YP)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1955
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, Fleet Street
- OS grid reference
- SP 330 790
- Coordinates
- 52.40876, -1.51544
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist, founded in 1343 and restored in 1608, features a nave, aisles, a central tower, a chancel, and north and south chapels. There is a clerestory above the nave and chancel. The church underwent further restoration by Sir George Gilbert Scott between 1875 and 1877, during which flying buttresses and battlemented parapets were added, along with a new pulpit and reredos.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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