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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.
Sheela na gig on corbel on exterior wall.