Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. A Medieval Church.

Church of St John the Baptist

WRENN ID
stubborn-flagstone-briar
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1966
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St John the Baptist, Mill Lane, Campsey Ash
OS grid reference
TM 329 559
Coordinates
52.15224, 1.40446
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St John the Baptist is a parish church dating from the 14th century, with significant restorations in the late 18th and 19th centuries. It features random flint and rubble walls, complemented by stone quoins and stepped buttresses. The west tower has a battlemented parapet with flush work that includes initials, and the base of the tower also has flush work. This three-stage tower has louvred bell openings on all four sides. The nave and chancel are topped with slated roofs, with the chancel roof being lower and steeper. Most windows are from the 18th and 19th centuries in the Decorated style, except for one east window in the chancel that contains 15th-century glass depicting the armorial arms of Bishop Goldwell, Bishop of Norwich, Thomas de Brotherton, and Thomas Mowbray. The south porch features a 14th-century doorway with a two-centred pointed arch. The tower includes a doorway adorned with shields and fleurons in the arch order, along with a frieze of flush work above. Inside, there is an original piscina in the south wall of the chancel, and a brass on the nave floor commemorates Alexander Inglishhe, Rector in 1504. The font is also from the 14th century, octagonal in shape, with quatrefoils and blank arches.

Local climate

Church of St John the Baptist sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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