Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. A Medieval Church.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- tall-trefoil-bracken
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, the Green, Kingsthorpe
- OS grid reference
- SP 746 631
- Coordinates
- 52.26117, -0.90739
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building located on the north side of The Green in Kingsthorpe. It features remnants of original windows from a late Saxon or early Norman church. The late Norman nave, consisting of three bays, dates back to around 1170. The chancel was partly constructed around 1220, with chapels extended eastwards and a crypt built in the late 14th century. The south chapel was in existence around 1180, and the windows are primarily from the mid-14th century. An early 15th-century west steeple adds to its architectural significance. The church underwent restoration in 1851, with the south porch rebuilt in 1863. Inside, there are some poppy-head stalls, a Jacobean pulpit, and fine carved wall monuments, including one to Edward Reynolds from 1698 and another to the Morgan family from 1680.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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