Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. A C19 Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- calm-timber-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merton
- Constituency
- Wimbledon MP: Mr Paul Kohler (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill Sw19
- OS grid reference
- TQ 241 705
- Coordinates
- 51.42026, -0.21652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a church built in 1875 by T G Jackson, located in the London Borough of Merton. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a pitched tiled roof that extends to the eaves. The church is designed in the Late Gothic style and consists of a five-bay nave with a wide aisle on the north side only, and it does not have a clerestory. The chancel is slightly lower than the nave.
The entrance is located in the northwest porch and features an ogee arch with a traceried gable. There is a two-light window in the aisle and buttresses between the bays. A tourelle and an ogeed bellcote are situated at the southeast of the nave. The east window is a five-light reticulated traceried design.
Inside, the church has a barrel roof supported by king posts, with a pointed chancel arch. A Perpendicular timber rood screen is present, along with an inlaid marble pulpit and font, an inlaid timber lectern, and an altar located in the north aisle that features gilding and figured reliefs, as well as a reredos. Additionally, there is a window by Morris & Co from 1926 on the south side.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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