Barnack is 3.5 miles (6 km) south-east of Stamford in Lincolnshire.

[1] The church, dedicated to John the Baptist, is noted in particular for its Anglo-Saxon tower to which was added a spire of circa 1200, possibly one of the earliest spires in England.

[2] In the north aisle is a large Romanesque sculpture of a seated Christ in Majesty that was discovered under the floor in 1931.

Estimates of the date of the Christ vary widely, from the latter part of the 10th century to circa 1200; the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland settles on the late 12th century.

[3] Simon Jenkins gives the church four stars in his England's Thousand Best Churches (1999) and highlights as features the tower, the stiff-leaf font and the Christ in Majesty.