Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II* listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St John the Baptist

WRENN ID
former-storey-grove
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 December 1955
Type
Church
Address
Church of St John the Baptist, Church Street, Bodicote, OX15 4DW
OS grid reference
SP 459 376
Coordinates
52.03566, -1.33092
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St John the Baptist is a church located in Bodicote, with its origins dating back to the 13th century. The chancel arch is from the 13th century, while the nave arcades were built in the 14th century. The west tower was added in 1844, and the church was remodeled in the same year by architects John Plowman and H.J. Underwood. The building is constructed from regularly coursed ironstone rubble and features lead roofs.

The church comprises a chancel, nave, north aisle, north porch, south aisle, south porch, and the west tower. The chancel includes a four-light Decorated style east window with 19th-century tracery and a niche above it. There is a 19th-century pointed arched door, Decorated style windows, one of which has a hoodmould, and a square-headed window to the north, along with angle buttresses. The north and south aisles contain 19th-century Perpendicular style windows and lancets, with moulded parapets. The clerestorey features five two-light windows.

The three-stage west tower is crenellated and topped with finials. Inside, there are fragments of medieval glass in the north chancel window. The 13th-century chancel arch has semi-circular responds and moulded capitals. The three-bay nave arcades have two orders of chamfers. The east window contains stained glass created by W. Holland of Warwick in 1847.

Local climate

Church of St John the Baptist sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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