Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1955. A C12 Church.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- open-wattle-violet
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1955
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, Upton, City of Peterborough
- OS grid reference
- TF 110 005
- Coordinates
- 52.59173, -0.36251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building, originally dating from the 12th century but largely rebuilt in the 17th century Gothic style, with the chancel added in 1842. The nave and north chapel feature a triple gable at the west end, with the small central gable containing louvred bell-openings and a central buttress with set-offs. There is a round-arched doorway at the west end of the nave, with an impost dated "WC(D) 1767", and two large straight-headed west windows that have four round-headed lights. The north and south windows are similar but consist of three lights. The chancel, rebuilt in 1842, has a straight-headed south window with two ogee arched lights.
Inside, the chancel arch features early 12th-century shafts with scalloped capitals and a 17th-century round arch. The north arcade, dating from the late 12th century, has a two-bay design with a circular pier and a capital adorned with leaves and crockets, along with 17th-century arches. The north aisle was rebuilt to accommodate the monument to Sir William Dove, who died in 1633, along with his two wives. He was the lord of the manor and the son of the Bishop of Peterborough. The north aisle has a raised floor with a large stone balustrade along the arcade and steps that have panelled newels topped with ball finials. The monument features four columns supporting open segmental pediments and includes three recumbent effigies, with the second wife carved in wood and dated 1667. There is a 17th-century communion rail with pierced balusters, a 17th-century polygonal pulpit in the corner with a tester and decorated arched panelled sides, and a 15th-century octagonal font with a 17th-century cover. The church is constructed of dressed stone and ashlar, with roofs made of Collyweston stone and slate.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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