St John The Baptist
Hannington
Wiltshire
Church of St John the Baptist Part 2 second line should be amended to read "by Slater and Carpenter 1868-71..." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 5410 HANNINGTON HANNINGTON Church of St John the Baptist SU 19 SE 5/211 26.1.55 II* 2. Small late C12 and early C13-type aisless country parish church largely rebuilt by Slater and Carpenter 1968-71 reusing several old parts and C15 west tower
Architectural Features
Rubble with ashlar dressings and stone tile roof
Norman south doorway of late type with one order of chevron clasping roll and label of saltire crosses, billet impost and headstone corbel over
Reset north doorway - round headed but early C15 mouldings
Two stage embattled west tower on moulded plinth, diagonal buttresses, corner gargoyles
C15 west door with drip and rosettes in spandrels
Several Freke monuments
Stone effigy, probably C14, of a woman with mitred heads flanking hers
In the tower a large wall monument to Thomas Pile (1754) 3 black Corinthian columns carry fragments of a segmental pediment and in the middle an urn