The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
St Catherine (formerly)
Parish church
Winterbourne Bassett is a civil parish 6 miles SW of Swindon. The church lies in the centre of the village and was largely built in the 14thc. As Despenser was the Lord of the Manor it is no surprise that this architecture is of higher quality than the usual parish church. The building consists of a chancel, N aisle, and nave rebuilt in the 14thc, a W tower rebuilt in the 15thc, and a S porch built in 1611. The only Romanesque carving in the church is the font.