Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1987. Church.

Church of St John the Baptist

WRENN ID
sharp-spandrel-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
New Forest National Park
Constituency
New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1987
Type
Church
Address
Church of St John the Baptist, Church Lane, Burley
OS grid reference
SU 214 031
Coordinates
50.82757, -1.69728
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St John the Baptist is a parish church built in 1839 by C Underwood, with alterations made in 1886 by W Butterfield. The church is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features a slate roof, along with timber-frame and plaster additions. Its layout includes a small two-bay chancel with a north vestry and a south low lean-to, as well as a nave that has a south-east chapel, a south boiler house, and a north-west porch, both of which were added later. The church is designed in the Early English style, typical of the Church Commissioners.

The east side of the church features three lancet windows, with the central one raised. The nave has lancets set in raised architraves and is supported by stepped buttresses. On the west side, there is a tall pointed door and a triple lancet window above, topped with a stone bellcote on the gable wall. The added hipped porch has a half-timber upper section and a trefoiled timber arch on the west side. Inside, the church has lost its west gallery, and the furnishings have been replaced due to damp issues.

Local climate

Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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