diff --git a/.github/workflows/r.yml b/.github/workflows/r.yml
index 6bd940f8067..e8f57db99c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/r.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/r.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - cpp_version: "13.0.0"
+          - cpp_version: "15.0.2"
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Arrow
       uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
diff --git a/r/NEWS.md b/r/NEWS.md
index 1e8a480ef5f..c2690e6248d 100644
--- a/r/NEWS.md
+++ b/r/NEWS.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 * `summarize()` supports more complex expressions, and correctly handles cases where column names are reused in expressions. 
 * The `na_matches` argument to the `dplyr::*_join()` functions is now supported. This argument controls whether `NA` values are considered equal when joining. (#41358)
 * R metadata, stored in the Arrow schema to support round-tripping data between R and Arrow/Parquet, is now serialized and deserialized more strictly. This makes it safer to load data from files from unknown sources into R data.frames. (#41969)
+* The minimum version of the Arrow C++ library the Arrow R package can be built with has been bumped to 15.0.0 (#42241)
 
 # arrow 16.1.0
 
diff --git a/r/R/parquet.R b/r/R/parquet.R
index 0ee6c62601c..88ce1c77128 100644
--- a/r/R/parquet.R
+++ b/r/R/parquet.R
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ ParquetWriterProperties$create <- function(column_names,
 #' @section Methods:
 #'
 #' - `WriteTable` Write a [Table] to `sink`
+#' - `WriteBatch` Write a [RecordBatch] to `sink`
 #' - `Close` Close the writer. Note: does not close the `sink`.
 #'   [arrow::io::OutputStream][OutputStream] has its own `close()` method.
 #'
@@ -428,8 +429,14 @@ ParquetFileWriter <- R6Class("ParquetFileWriter",
   inherit = ArrowObject,
   public = list(
     WriteTable = function(table, chunk_size) {
+      assert_is(table, "Table")
       parquet___arrow___FileWriter__WriteTable(self, table, chunk_size)
     },
+    WriteBatch = function(batch, ...) {
+      assert_is(batch, "RecordBatch")
+      table <- Table$create(batch)
+      self$WriteTable(table, ...)
+    },
     Close = function() parquet___arrow___FileWriter__Close(self)
   )
 )
diff --git a/r/man/ParquetFileWriter.Rd b/r/man/ParquetFileWriter.Rd
index f36e85ab6c4..5779e574d46 100644
--- a/r/man/ParquetFileWriter.Rd
+++ b/r/man/ParquetFileWriter.Rd
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ takes the following arguments:
 
 \itemize{
 \item \code{WriteTable} Write a \link{Table} to \code{sink}
+\item \code{WriteBatch} Write a \link{RecordBatch} to \code{sink}
 \item \code{Close} Close the writer. Note: does not close the \code{sink}.
 \link[=OutputStream]{arrow::io::OutputStream} has its own \code{close()} method.
 }
diff --git a/r/src/r_to_arrow.cpp b/r/src/r_to_arrow.cpp
index a81210f0ad9..d2db11e14a7 100644
--- a/r/src/r_to_arrow.cpp
+++ b/r/src/r_to_arrow.cpp
@@ -1050,7 +1050,6 @@ class RDictionaryConverter<ValueType, enable_if_has_string_view<ValueType>>
 template <typename T, typename Enable = void>
 struct RConverterTrait;
 
-#if ARROW_VERSION_MAJOR >= 15
 template <typename T>
 struct RConverterTrait<
     T, enable_if_t<!is_nested_type<T>::value && !is_interval_type<T>::value &&
@@ -1062,14 +1061,6 @@ template <typename T>
 struct RConverterTrait<T, enable_if_binary_view_like<T>> {
   // not implemented
 };
-#else
-template <typename T>
-struct RConverterTrait<
-    T, enable_if_t<!is_nested_type<T>::value && !is_interval_type<T>::value &&
-                   !is_extension_type<T>::value>> {
-  using type = RPrimitiveConverter<T>;
-};
-#endif
 
 template <typename T>
 struct RConverterTrait<T, enable_if_list_like<T>> {
diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-parquet.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-parquet.R
index f2359116fda..cc57022600f 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/test-parquet.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-parquet.R
@@ -530,3 +530,31 @@ test_that("thrift string and container size can be specified when reading Parque
   data <- reader_container$ReadTable()
   expect_identical(collect.ArrowTabular(data), example_data)
 })
+
+test_that("We can use WriteBatch on ParquetFileWriter", {
+  tf <- tempfile()
+  on.exit(unlink(tf))
+  sink <- FileOutputStream$create(tf)
+  sch <- schema(a = int32())
+  props <- ParquetWriterProperties$create(column_names = names(sch))
+  writer <- ParquetFileWriter$create(schema = sch, sink = sink, properties = props)
+
+  batch <- RecordBatch$create(data.frame(a = 1:10))
+  writer$WriteBatch(batch, chunk_size = 10)
+  writer$WriteBatch(batch, chunk_size = 10)
+  writer$WriteBatch(batch, chunk_size = 10)
+  writer$Close()
+
+  tbl <- read_parquet(tf)
+  expect_equal(nrow(tbl), 30)
+})
+
+test_that("WriteBatch on ParquetFileWriter errors when called on closed sink", {
+  sink <- FileOutputStream$create(tempfile())
+  sch <- schema(a = int32())
+  props <- ParquetWriterProperties$create(column_names = names(sch))
+  writer <- ParquetFileWriter$create(schema = sch, sink = sink, properties = props)
+  writer$Close()
+  batch <- RecordBatch$create(data.frame(a = 1:10))
+  expect_error(writer$WriteBatch(batch, chunk_size = 10), "Operation on closed file")
+})
diff --git a/r/tools/check-versions.R b/r/tools/check-versions.R
index 34b2ef680c5..ea7fe93c524 100644
--- a/r/tools/check-versions.R
+++ b/r/tools/check-versions.R
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ release_version_supported <- function(r_version, cpp_version) {
   r_version <- package_version(r_version)
   cpp_version <- package_version(cpp_version)
   major <- function(x) as.numeric(x[1, 1])
-  minimum_cpp_version <- package_version("13.0.0")
+  minimum_cpp_version <- package_version("15.0.0")
 
   allow_mismatch <- identical(tolower(Sys.getenv("ARROW_R_ALLOW_CPP_VERSION_MISMATCH", "false")), "true")
-  # If we allow a version mismatch we still need to cover the minimum version (13.0.0 for now)
+  # If we allow a version mismatch we still need to cover the minimum version (15.0.0 for now)
   # we don't allow newer C++ versions as new features without additional feature gates are likely to
   # break the R package
   version_valid <- cpp_version >= minimum_cpp_version && major(cpp_version) <= major(r_version)
diff --git a/r/tools/test-check-versions.R b/r/tools/test-check-versions.R
index f558648bed1..14c0bee3fd8 100644
--- a/r/tools/test-check-versions.R
+++ b/r/tools/test-check-versions.R
@@ -61,16 +61,24 @@ test_that("check_versions without mismatch", {
 test_that("check_versions with mismatch", {
   withr::local_envvar(.new = c(ARROW_R_ALLOW_CPP_VERSION_MISMATCH = "false"))
 
+  expect_true(
+    release_version_supported("15.0.0", "15.0.0")
+  )
+
   expect_false(
     release_version_supported("15.0.0", "13.0.0")
   )
 
   withr::local_envvar(.new = c(ARROW_R_ALLOW_CPP_VERSION_MISMATCH = "true"))
 
-  expect_true(
+  expect_false(
     release_version_supported("15.0.0", "13.0.0")
   )
 
+  expect_true(
+    release_version_supported("16.0.0", "15.0.0")
+  )
+
   expect_false(
     release_version_supported("15.0.0", "16.0.0")
   )