Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II* listed building in the Surrey Heath local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1955. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St John the Baptist

WRENN ID
watchful-stone-snow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Surrey Heath
Constituency
Surrey Heath MP: Dr Al Pinkerton (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 February 1955
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St John the Baptist, Church Lane, Bisley, GU24 9DX
OS grid reference
SU 957 595
Coordinates
51.32737, -0.6266
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II* listed building located in Bisley, dating back to the 13th century, with a 14th-century porch. The early 19th-century chancel and north aisle were added in 1873. The church features carstone walls with sandstone block dressings for the aisle, a stock brick chancel, and brick extensions, along with a timber-framed porch. It has plain tiled roofs, a weatherboard belfry, and a wood-shingled broach spire at the west end. The nave includes a pent roof aisle to the north and a chancel to the east, which has a vestry and extensions to the south, as well as a bellcote and porch at the west end. The west end is supported by buttresses, and it has stone-dressed windows, including a three-light window to the south, one from the 14th century and one from the 19th century, along with lancet windows at the east end. The entrance features an arched planked door in a stone surround with dogtooth decoration and a hood mould with end stops. The timber-framed porch is open above panelled dado walls, with moulded mullions above.

Inside, the church has a simple whitewashed interior with a two-bay north aisle supported by round piers and chamfered arches. The timber frame of the belfry is visible at the west end, with moulded beams connecting to the walls.

Notable fittings include a wood-panelled pulpit and a sandstone font with an octagonal bowl, featuring panelled decorations alternating between roundels and Celtic crosses, set on an octagonal stem with a plinth below.

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 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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