Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1157891
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2000-06-10
- Reference:
- IOE01/02512/01
- Rights:
- © Mike Bedingfield. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1157891
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Churchill
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 43729 60239
Details
ST 46 SW CHURCHILL C.P. CHURCH LANE (west side)
4/72 Church of St. John the Baptist 9.2.61 G.V. I
Anglican parish church. C12 origin, C14 and C15 rebuilding with 1879 restoration. Coursed rubble throughout except west facade of tower which is of squared and coursed dressed stone. Ashlar dressings and copings, dressed stone quoins, lead roof to nave, slates to chancel. Nave, chancel, west tower, north and south aisles, south porch. South aisle has 3-light Perpendicular windows under pointed heads and offset buttressing which develops into crocketted pinnacles at parapet level. Trefoil pierced triangular parapet frieze with fine gargoyles to moulded eaves. South-west embattled polygonal corner stair turret and also north-east corner turret. Chancel has C19 Perpendicular style 2-light windows under flat heads and a 3-light C19 east window. North aisle of 5 bays with 2 and 3-light Perpendicular windows under pointed heads with some C19 renewal. North door. Tower of 3 stages with diagonal buttresses, moulded string courses, north-east polygonal higher corner stair turret with blind panelled embattled cap and pierced quatrefoil lozenge parapet with corner pinnacles and gargoyles. West facade has pointed-arched doorway with C19 window set in it and above, a 3-light C19 window in original C15 surround. Above this at 2nd stage level an aedicule with crocketted canopy and shield below. Bell stage has single light openings and above, 2-light bell openings with densely pierced lozenge panels. South porch has similar parapets to aisles but corner buttresses with face carvings at eaves cornice. Deeply moulded pointed-arched doorway with hoodmould and C19 wrought iron 2-leaf gate. South door is deeply moulded with hoodmould, angel stops and C19 two-leaf plank door. Further doorway to west wall and tie-beam roof set on angel corbels. Benefactions board above south door, 2 mutilated effigies of a woman and knight in armour (C14) along east and west walls. Interior. Nave has 4-bay arcades: C14 with octagonal piers to south, C15 with clustered shafts to north. Restored wagon roof with fine carved bosses. Tower arch of 2 orders with tierceron vault to bell stage. Rood stair and quatrefoil squint to north jamb of chancel arch, further squint on south jamb. C15 chancel arch of 2 orders, C19 barrel vault. Ogee-headed piscina on chancel south-east wall. Aisles have restored tie-beam roofs on angel corbels. Fittings. Nave has C15 pews, some renewed. C13 font bowl with C19 cover. 1909 Perpendicular style pulpit. Painting of the Last Supper over south door. Tower has several wall monuments and royal coat of arms dated 1663. Chancel has fine 1644 monument to Sara Latch. Fragments of medieval glass in 2 north aisle windows, C19 glass in remainder. (N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England : North Somerset and Bristol, 1958).
Listing NGR: ST4373060243
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 33940
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol, (1958)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 07-Jul-2026 at 17:18:17.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.