The Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. A Late C12 (principal fabric stated) Church.

The Parish Church of St John the Baptist

WRENN ID
former-doorway-willow
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1955
Type
Church
Address
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist, the Street, Sutton, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 978 155
Coordinates
50.93115, -0.60843
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed church located on the west side of Sutton The Street. The building features a chancel, a nave with a north transept, a south aisle, a south porch, and a west tower topped with a shingled cap. The nave and aisle date from the late 12th century, with some 11th-century work present. The tower was constructed around 1300, while the chancel and transept were built in the 14th century.

Local climate

The Parish Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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