Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1974. A C14 Church. 3 related planning applications.

Church of St John the Baptist

WRENN ID
buried-barrel-tarn
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1974
Type
Church
Address
Church of St John the Baptist, Church Lane, City of Peterborough, PE2 8HF
OS grid reference
TL 199 974
Coordinates
52.56197, -0.23125
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Church of St John the Baptist is a mainly 14th-century church, with earlier elements dating back to around 1300. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble with freestone dressings, and has Welsh slate roofs. The church was restored in 1872 and 1908. The building comprises a nave, north and south aisles, a chancel with a north chapel and vestry, and a west tower, all dating to around 1300. The nave features square-headed two-light clerestory windows. The north and south aisles contain windows of around 1300, with intersecting tracery and three-light lancets set under a segmental pointed arch. Some 13th-century materials have been reset into the south aisle. The chancel has a large, restored east window of five lights with intersecting tracery, three large south windows with Y tracery, and a small, square-headed window with three pointed lights. The north vestry has a window with bar tracery and a foiled circular design. The west tower has diagonal buttresses in three stages; the first stage has two-light west windows, the second stage has trefoiled circular windows, and the third stage has bell openings with Y tracery. The tower is topped with a broach spire featuring two tiers of lucarnes and a ball flower frieze. A south porch was added in 1876.

Inside, the early 14th-century north and south arcades have four bays, with thin octagonal piers. The east bays of the south arcade are largely of 13th-century origin. The chancel arch is double-chamfered, with richly moulded respond capitals. The chancel also features an early 14th-century double piscina and early 14th-century sedilia, both under a segmental arch. A circa 1300 stone seat is set into the north wall of the chancel. A 15th-century rood loft staircase remains, along with a lower part of a screen in the north aisle. Bench ends are adorned with poppy heads and luncarne heads. Brass memorials from the 16th and 17th centuries are present. A 13th-century coffin lid is found in a tomb recess within the tower. The font is from around 1300 and features a panelled octagonal bowl and a shafted stem. A memorial to John Forster (1752) exists, consisting of a tablet with a bust above.

Local climate

Church of St John the Baptist sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Boundary Wall and Gatepiers to South Enclosing Churchyard of St John the Baptist and Extending South Wards from South East Corner Grade II 26 m
  2. Lampass Cross to South of Church in Churchyard of St John the Baptist Grade II 32 m
  3. 16, Church Lane Grade II 104 m
  4. Manor House Farmhouse Grade II 299 m
  5. Bridge Over Stanground Lode to North of South Street Grade II 352 m
  6. 52, North Street Grade II 373 m
  7. Stables and Coach House Immediately East No 152 (Rectory of Church of St Margaret) Grade II 450 m
  8. 35, South Street Grade II 463 m
  9. Church of St Margaret Grade I 465 m
  10. Rectory of Church of St Margaret Grade II 465 m