Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1967. A Late C13 Church. 8 related planning applications.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- idle-gargoyle-dawn
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, the Street, Barham, CT4 6PB
- OS grid reference
- TR 209 500
- Coordinates
- 51.20645, 1.16206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a stone cruciform building, originally a Chapel of Ease to Bishopsbourne Church until 1846. The chancel and transept date to the late 13th century, likely constructed by the same mason who worked on the chancel of Bishopsbourne Church. A 14th-century tower is located to the west. The church features crown post roofs. The north and west porch tower is topped with a broached copper spire.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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