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 28 October 1957. A Medieval Church.
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- old-cloister-hawthorn
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1957
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Underhill Lane, Hassocks, Mid Sussex
- OS grid reference
- TQ 299 139
- Coordinates
- 50.91052, -0.15337
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist is located on Clayton Underhill Lane. The church features a chancel, a nave with a north aisle, a shingled bell turret at the west end, and a north porch. The nave is largely from before the Conquest, while the chancel dates from the late 13th century and the north aisle from the 15th century. Notably, the nave contains impressive wall paintings from around 1150.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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