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 27 December 1967. Church.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- weathered-tracery-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 December 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, Melmerby
- OS grid reference
- NY 611 374
- Coordinates
- 54.73047, -2.60555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a church founded in the 13th century, but it underwent extensive restoration in the 19th century. The medieval stonework can still be seen in the north and end walls, which are made of coursed, squared rubble, while the 19th-century work features sandstone blocks. The building has a plinth, string course, and moulded eaves, along with stepped buttressing. It has a graduated slate roof with stone copings, gabled kneelers, and 19th-century apex crosses. The church has a single cell plan and a three-stage tower that was added to the north-west corner in 1848. A gabled porch, originally located at the west end, was moved and rebuilt on the south side in 1895, and there is a blocked medieval door on the north side. The church features some medieval windows alongside others from the 19th century. Inside, the nave was originally divided by two rows of piers but is now open with an offset chancel arch. The piscina in the south wall of the chancel has a damaged octofoil drain, and there is a tomb-slab in the chancel carved with a crocketed cross, sword, and coat of arms.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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