Church of St John Baptist is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1959. A Medieval Church.
Church of St John Baptist
- WRENN ID
- shifting-flint-khaki
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1959
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St John Baptist, Main Street, Brokenborough
- OS grid reference
- ST 917 892
- Coordinates
- 51.60221, -2.12086
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John Baptist is an Anglican parish church with origins dating back to the early 13th century, featuring additions from the 14th and 15th centuries. It was restored in 1883, as indicated by the date on the rainwater heads. The church is constructed from squared and coursed rubble, with dressed stone quoins, ashlar window surrounds, and stone slate roofs. It comprises a nave, chancel, north aisle, north porch, and a bellcote.
On the south side of the nave, there is a 19th-century three-light window in the Perpendicular style with a flat head and hoodmould, along with a blocked pointed-arched doorway. The west window is a two-light design in early Perpendicular style, while the east window to the chancel is a two-light in the Decorated style. The north aisle features a mix of 19th-century Tudor-arched two-cusped-light windows and three-light Perpendicular style windows under flat heads. The north porch has a Tudor-arched entrance and a similar arch for the doorway, which has a plank door. The bellcote is weatherboarded with a pyramidal stone slate roof and a weathercock. A sundial is located on the east gable apex of the north aisle, and a crucifix is positioned on the gable apex of the chancel.
Inside, the church has an early 13th-century four-bay nave arcade leading to the north aisle, with circular piers, circular abaci, and round-headed arches featuring faces in the spandrels. The nave has a coved, matchboarded roof, while the later 13th-century chancel arch has a pointed head. There is a trefoil-headed squint on the north side of the chancel arch. The chancel has an early English south window set in a deep reveal with a roll moulding and seat, along with a trefoil-headed piscina on the south wall and a plaster barrel vault. The north aisle roof is also coved matchboard.
Fittings in the nave include a Jacobean pulpit and two prayer boards on the west wall. The north aisle features a Perpendicular font with an octagonal bowl on a pillar adorned with quatrefoil panels, and a prayer board on the north wall. In the chancel, there are three 17th-century wall tablets on the south wall and a restored reading desk with inset Jacobean panels dated 1641.
Local climate
Church of St John Baptist receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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