Ruins of Chapel of St John the Baptist and Priest's House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1965. Ruins.
Ruins of Chapel of St John the Baptist and Priest's House
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-garret-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1965
- Type
- Ruins
- Address
- Ruins of Chapel of St John the Baptist and Priest's House, Mortehoe
- OS grid reference
- SS 482 413
- Coordinates
- 51.15152, -4.17079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of the Chapel of St John the Baptist and the Priest's House date from around 1250. The site was excavated and the walls were partially rebuilt to a regular height in 1924. The chapel features low rubble walls, and there is a two-room dwelling for the priest. This site served as a secular chantry and was also the burial place of Arthur Leigh Barker and Lady Arthur Cecil of Spreacombe Manor, who conducted the excavation.
Local climate
Ruins of Chapel of St John the Baptist and Priest's House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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