Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Church.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- mired-footing-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, B4072, Painswick
- OS grid reference
- SO 847 099
- Coordinates
- 51.78822, -2.22221
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is an Anglican parish church built in 1865 by S W Daukes. It is constructed from rock-faced limestone with ashlar dressings and features a stone slate roof with coped gables topped by three crosses. The church comprises a nave, a south aisle, a chancel, an organ chamber, and a north porch that includes an octagonal tower and a squat stone spire. The roof slopes down towards the aisle. The windows are generally foiled lancets, arranged in pairs with plate tracery in the north and south walls and at the west end, while the east end features triple lancets with plate tracery. Inside, there is a three-bay arcade, original fittings, plank doors with strap hinges, and a decorative diagonal grille at the outer porch. Although it is a rather basic building, it is quite prominent and stands high in the landscape.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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