Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1966. A Early English Gothic Church.
Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- drifting-rubblework-reed
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Early English Gothic
- Address
- Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Wrotham Road, Meopham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 644 662
- Coordinates
- 51.3714, 0.36154
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist dates from 1320 to 1325 during the primacy of Simon de Mepham and was somewhat rebuilt after an earthquake in 1326. It is constructed of ragstone and flint and features a large chancel, a Lady Chapel (now serving as a vestry), a two-aisled nave, a west tower, and north and south porches. There were restorations in the 19th century, including reroofing in 1858, raising the tower, and refurnishing the chancel in 1874. The interior includes a fine pulpit from 1682 that originally came from St Margaret's Westminster, as well as wall tablets in the chancel by R J Wyatt and E B Stephens, and in the north aisle to K Marten by T Beard from 1750.
Local climate
Parish Church of St John the Baptist sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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