The Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A Norman Church.
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- far-attic-umber
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Vicarage Lane, Westfield
- OS grid reference
- TQ 809 152
- Coordinates
- 50.90799, 0.57294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building located on Vicarage Lane in Westfield. The church features a chancel, a nave with a north aisle, a south porch, and a west tower. The main structure is primarily Norman in style, although the chancel was remodeled in the 13th century. The tower dates back to the 14th century and has massive buttresses that were added in 1624. The north aisle was added in 1861, designed by architect C E Davis.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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