Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. Church.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- leaning-cloister-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1984
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, Ainstable
- OS grid reference
- NY 574 472
- Coordinates
- 54.81847, -2.66376
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a church built in 1878 by J Howison of Edinburgh, located on a medieval site. It is constructed from rusticated red sandstone ashlar on a chamfered plinth, with a graduated green slate roof. The building features coped gables with cross finials and kneelers. It has a 4-bay nave and a 3-bay chancel, along with a west bellcote, a south porch, and a north vestry. The windows and entrance are designed in a shafted neo-Norman style, characterized by zigzag arches. The west wall includes a clock with an inscription dated 1868 and bells dated 1772. Inside, the church has an open timber roof and early 20th-century fittings. The chancel features a neo-Norman zigzag arch, and the east window contains stained glass by Lavers & Westlake. The walls display colored prints by the Fitzroy Picture Society, and there is a wooden muniment chest along with a small carved graveslab from the 12th century inscribed with "Hisabella."
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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