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St John the Baptist

St John The Baptist

Devizes

Wiltshire

Inside the Norman crossing has rounded arches east and west but to north and south they are pointed, a very early example in England

Architectural Features

Norman chancel with low rib vaulting

The arcading on south wall opened as screen to Beauchamp Chapel where the corbel table of the Norman chancel and transept is still visible decorated with grotesque heads

6 bay arcades to nave, square piers, semi-circular shafts and polygonal abaci, late C14

Perpendicular pulpit shallow gabled blank arches

Heathcote Monument by King 1768

Other late C18 monuments by Westmacott Senior, Richard Westmacott, Prince Hoare and Baily.