Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Church.

Baptist Church

WRENN ID
rusted-wattle-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1985
Type
Church
Address
Baptist Church, South Lane, Downton
OS grid reference
SU 174 213
Coordinates
50.99172, -1.75209
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Baptist Church, built in 1857, is constructed of English bond brick featuring vitrified header patterns and topped with a Welsh slate roof. It has a limestone ashlar bellcote. The church consists of a nave and chancel, with a northwest porch. The west end includes a lean-to porch on the left, which has double panelled doors and a fanlight. The west front showcases large round-arched two-light windows with margin panes and a rose window, flanked by round-arched margin-pane windows. The facade is divided vertically by pilasters with raking plinths. The deep eaves are supported by wooden brackets, and there is a gabled bellcote on the west gable. The left side features a porch with a round window above it, and to the left are two pairs of tall margin-pane windows, matching the pilasters on the front. The right side has three pairs of tall margin-pane windows. The rear, or east end, has a gabled roof with round windows, and lower roof levels for church rooms that include 20th-century windows. The interior is not accessible, but the arrangement of rooms has been altered. This church is noted for its unusual bold design, replacing a late 18th-century church that previously occupied the same site.

Local climate

Baptist Church receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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