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
- riven-doorway-spring
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1959
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, Diss Road, Bressingham
- OS grid reference
- TM 076 807
- Coordinates
- 52.38546, 1.04922
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building with late 13th century fabric that was refashioned in the early 16th century. It is constructed of flint, partly rendered, and features a nave with an impressive clerestory that includes flushwork panelling and eight Perpendicular windows. The church has north and south aisles, and the chancel dates back to the late 13th century. The west tower is notable for its polygonal stair turret, flushwork panelling at the base, diagonal buttresses, and an embattled parapet adorned with pinnacles. The west window is decorated with carved shields in the spandrels and is flanked by niches. A bellcote is situated on the east gable of the nave, and there is a south porch.
Inside, the church boasts a four-bay Decorated arcade supported by octagonal piers and double-chamfered arches. The roof is an early 16th century hammerbeam design. Other interior features include an octagonal font, an early Jacobean pulpit with strapwork, benches from the mid to late 16th century, and box pews. The east window contains some early stained glass.
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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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