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Church of St John the Baptist

A Grade I Listed Building in Tisbury, Wiltshire

  • Church of St John the Baptist, Tisbury

  • St John the Baptist: mostly c14-c15 limestone cruciform church; top of crossing tower replaced after its predecessor collapsed in 1762

  • St John the Baptist: late c12 crossing, c13 Early English north porch; reticulated tracery in transept

  • St John the Baptist: mid c15 Perpendicular nave; shaft & hollow piers, round capitals; Norman Transitional arches to crossing below ghost of old window, bell opening & gable

  • St John the Baptist: north transept or Lady Chapel, remodelled c14; three light window with cusping; stacked niches each side

  • St John the Baptist: c16 nave wagon roof; horizontal angels & bosses

  • St John the Baptist: roof boss with arms of Edward Scammell of Tisbury

  • St John the Baptist: boss in aisle ceiling

  • St John the Baptist: trumpet capitals in Norman Transitional arch

  • St John the Baptist: ogee headed cusped piscina with pinnacles rising into south-east window of chancel

  • St John the Baptist: brass to civilian & wife, c.1520; children & inscription lost

  • St John the Baptist: brass to Laurence Hyde of West Hatch, d.1590, & wife Anne (Sibell of Chimbhams)

  • St John the Baptist: Laurence Hyde of West Hatch, d.1590, & wife Anne (Sibell of Chimbhams), six sons & four daughters; two of their their great-great granddaughters were Queen Mary II & Queen Anne

  • St John the Baptist: inscription plate from the brass Laurence Hyde, d.1590

  • St John the Baptist: one of the memorial slabs to the Arundells of Wardour; Anna Arundell, d.1649, wife of Cecil Calvert 2nd Lord Baltimore

  • St John the Baptist: one of the memorial slabs to the Arundells of Wardour; Henry Arundell 7th Lord, d.1756

  • St John the Baptist: one of the memorial slabs to the Arundells of Wardour; Ann Arundell (nee Wyndham of Ashcombe), d.1796

  • St John the Baptist: memorial to Henry, d.1721 son of Henry Arundell 3rd Lord of Wardour

  • St John the Baptist: Anthony Combes, d.1644

  • St John the Baptist: Henry Rose, d.1682

  • St John the Baptist: memorial to Bridget Jay, d.1727; twin arched panels between fluted pilasters

  • Church of ST John the Baptist

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Entry Name: Church of St John the Baptist

Listing Date: 6 January 1966

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1146017

English Heritage Legacy ID: 320994

ID on this website: 101146017

Location: St John the Baptist's Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, SP3

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Tisbury

Built-Up Area: Tisbury

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Church of England Parish: Tisbury St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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