St John The Baptist

Niton

Isle of Wight

Nave C11, chancel C13 lengthened in C14 when south porch was also built.

Architectural Features

C15 south chapel, south aisle

tower spire added in C17.

North aisle rebuilt in 1864 on the site of C13 north aisle which had been demolished in the C15.

South aisle has 3 C15 paired cinquefoil-headed windows with drip moulding.

Norman font of cauldron shape with rope moulding at the top.

SZ5076 : St John the Baptist, Niton: font

C13 chancel arch with chamfered corners.

South chapel has piscina and 4 wall monuments, the best being a medallion by Flaxman to George Arnold Esq. d. 1806.

C19 pews and pulpit.

Fine C17 chair carved with oak emblems

another with swansneck top. (Pevsner: B.O.E. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: 754).