Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1953. Church.
Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- open-rubblework-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Weston-super-Mare MP: Dan Aldridge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1953
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist, Lower Church Road, Weston-Super-Mare
- OS grid reference
- ST 317 619
- Coordinates
- 51.35247, -2.98092
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist, located on Lower Church Road, was rebuilt in 1824 and has undergone alterations and extensions since then. It is designed in the Perpendicular style and features a chancel added in 1837, a north aisle constructed in 1844, and a south aisle completed in 1889. The west tower was heightened in 1840, and remnants of a former belfry and clock are still visible. The church is built from limestone rubble with freestone dressings, while the chancel is made of ashlar. The roofs are covered with slate. The tower is four stages high and includes pinnacles, and there is a single-storey porch on the south side. The south aisle also has pinnacles and a pierced parapet, while the north aisle features a battlemented design. Inside, the church has a wide three-bay nave with a panelled soffit and an arcade leading to the south aisle. There is a three-sided gallery supported by cast iron columns, which are adorned with carved Gothic-style panels.
Local climate
Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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