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St John the Baptist

St John The Baptist

South Cheriton

Somerset

Mostly C19, with C15 and C18 fragments: rebuilt 1885-87 by Willcox of Bath.

Architectural Features

plain clay tile roofs between coped gables with finials.

The west tower of several dates, with C15 on C16 base and extra stage added in 1738: diagonal corner buttresses with offsets for half height, string course dividing the two stages, and battlemented parapet over second string course with corner pinnacles

west face has a blocked C18 doorway under a C15 traceried window without label removed from a house in Stowell, Charlton Horethorne CP, 1709, and incorporated here in 1886

The interior is High Victorian, with barrel vault openwork timber roofs, unplastered walls and patterned clay tile floors: carved wood and painted reredos by George Kruger Gray, 1920

Fittings include an octagonal font of c1400 with double quatrefoil panels.

Fittings include an octagonal font of c1400 with double quatrefoil panels under rim, then shaped bowl with angels to each angle, panelled shaft and less delicate base

wrought chancel screen and openwork pulpit of 1887.

Hatchment board of Dodington family in undertower space

several C18 monuments in nave to Dodingtons and the Wickham family, who were Rectors from 1686 to 1897.

The first recorded Rector was of 1305

the first mention is a tax record of 1272.