Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, INGLESHAM, SN6 7RD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1023391
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, INGLESHAM, SN6 7RD
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:
- 2003-02-22
- Reference:
- IOE01/08382/02
- Rights:
- © Miss Jennie Anderson. 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:
- 1023391
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, INGLESHAM, SN6 7RD
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, INGLESHAM, SN6 7RD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Swindon (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Inglesham
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 20532 98431
Details
SU 29 NW,
3/372,
INGLESHAM,
Church of St John the Baptist
26.01.55
GV
I
Very small and attractive country church, particularly important because of
its unrestored interior. Saxon core expanded probably in connection with
refoundation of 1205 and with later C13 work.
Restored but not altered 1888-89 by S.P.A.B. (J.T. Micklethwaite, architect;
William Morris helped).
Church consists of an aisled nave with south porch and western bellcote, and
an aisleless chancel partly flanked on south side by a chapel. Built of rendered
rubble with parapet and head spouts. Stone slate roof. Small diagonal buttresses.
Traces of sanctuary belfry on ridge. Mid-late C13 double bellcote with pointed
trefoiled lights and circle - not unlike south windows of east end and triple
east window. Perpendicular square headed 2 light window to south aisle (south-east
window a C17 insertion). North door also C15 though earlier with rounded
trefoil head. Deep south porch, possibly C16, with foiled niche over entrance.
The south door with roll mould and strap imposts is probably Saxon or late
C11 (reset).
The INTERIOR is specially interesting with numerous C14/C15 parclose screens,
high box pews (mostly cut down in C17) and C13 smart foiled rere-arches to
north door and east window. Tall arcades with trumpet and stiff leaf caps
(this goes with date of refounding though south arcade in part older). Very
important late Saxon Madonna and child relief now set into wall of south chapel
but formerly outside (see scratch dial on it; further reading Kendrick).
Remains of wall painting especially to chancel arch (probably early-mid C14)
and fragments of stained glass. C15 font.
In chancel: 3-bay sedilia, one aumbry, a foiled piscina and two arched recesses
and part of reredos in sanctuary. Also C17 communion rails and table (remodelled).
Medieval north door with long strap hinges. Pulpit and tester circa 1630.
Tournai marble slab with circa 1300 knight in chancel, lacks brass. Single-framed chancel roof with tie beams possibly C13. Later mediaeval queen-post
and wind-brace nave roof.
The churchyard is well stocked with head stones, several with carved cherubs
of C17 and C18. A number of chest-tombs mostly to south and east.
Listing NGR: SU2052498429
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 318490
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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-Jun-2026 at 06:17:54.
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.