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St John Baptist

Charlton

Wiltshire

Late C12 (north arcade)

Architectural Features

early C13 (west tower and north chapel)

C15 with mid C17 and further late C19 restoration

Nave south side has one 2- light C15 window under flat head and a 4-light similar window with hoodmould

North chapel has pointed-arched C13 east window of 2 trefoil-headed lights with quatrefoil above

2-light C15 window to north wall

North aisle has two C15 four-light windows under Tudor arches with hoodmoulds

Aisle west window of 2-light is C15 but restored

canted staircase turret on south face and pierced quatrefoil parapet with corner pinnacles, 3-light C13 style window to first stage of west facade, single lancet openings on all faces of second stage and 2-round-headed-light bell openings

Benefaction board under tower: 1706, Lady Winchcomb, section of 1630 screen and 1891 stained glass west window

Nave has late C12 font with hexagonal base and bowl with cable and pellet moulding

Above C19 pulpit on nave south wall is the former carved backboard of the Caroline pulpit dated 1630

This corresponds in style and inscription to that at St Michael's, Brinkworth (q.v.). North aisle west window has 1876 stained glass and north-west window is a 1941 memorial by G.E.R. Smith to the 20th Earl of Suffolk of the Army Bomb Disposal Unit: inscription by John Masefield

Chancel has late C19 stained glass

North chapel has large 1598 monument to Sir Henry Knyvett and family: An eight-poster with strapwork decoration to the tomb chest

Adjacent to this monument is the organ encased in sections of screenwork partly C15 and partly Jacobean/Caroline.

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