The Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1966. A Decorated Church.

The Parish Church of St John the Baptist

WRENN ID
north-railing-elm
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 August 1966
Type
Church
Address
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Church Lane, Chalvington with Ripe
OS grid reference
TQ 513 098
Coordinates
50.86844, 0.15005
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building located on Ripe Church Lane. It features a Pelham Perpendicular tower and a distinctive Pelham buckle on the doorway. The church is constructed from flint, with a stone rubble tower and a rendered chancel, nave, west tower, and south porch. Inside, there is a piscina and sedilia. The church is primarily decorated with an impressive east window that has flowing tracery, along with several Perpendicular windows.

Local climate

The Parish Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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