Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1950. A Medieval Church.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- scattered-pewter-tarn
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Halesowen MP: Alex Ballinger (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1950
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, High Street
- OS grid reference
- SO 966 835
- Coordinates
- 52.45021, -2.05092
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a parish church that showcases architectural styles ranging from Norman to Perpendicular. It features a nave, aisles, a chancel, and a Perpendicular crossing tower topped with a spire. Notable elements include the Norman west and south doorways and an impressive Norman font. An outer south aisle was added in 1883 by architect John Oldrid Scott. The church also contains monuments to the poet William Shenstone, who died in 1763, and to John Halliday, created by Thomas Banks in 1797. The church, along with its churchyard walls, gates, and churchyard cross, forms a cohesive group.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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