Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1959. Church.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- shifting-span-swallow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1959
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, Church Street, Morningthorpe and Fritton
- OS grid reference
- TM 218 925
- Coordinates
- 52.48582, 1.26594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building located on Church Street in Morning Thorpe. It features a 12th-century round west tower, which has a 14th-century top stage adorned with battlements. The tower includes an unmoulded arch with imposts. The nave and chancel are characterized by large Perpendicular windows, and there is a 19th-century south porch. Inside, the church has 19th-century arch-braced roofs, a decorated piscina with an ogee arch, and a 15th-century octagonal font that is supported by four lions on the stem and features four figures of angels and four lions on the bowl. Notable monuments include an Elizabethan tomb chest without an inscription and a tablet for Margaret Gostling from 1723, which is designed with twisted columns by Thomas Stayner. The building is constructed from flint rubble with stone dressings and has slate roofs.
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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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