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St John the Baptist, Tisbury, Wiltshire

Location
(51°3′50″N, 2°4′57″W)
Tisbury
ST 943 294
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire
now Wiltshire
  • Allan Brodie
2 Jun 1995

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Feature Sets
Description

St John the Baptist has a chancel that was built in the late 13th. or early 14thc., although its fenestration mostly dates from the 19thc. The north transept and the north porch date from the first half of the 13thc. The nave was rebuilt in the late 14thc., the west wall of the west tower bearing the roofline of the earlier nave. The base of the central tower dates from c1200 and has chamfered pointed arches and trumpet scallop capitals. However, earlier than this are four fragments of Romanesque carving in the west and north walls of the nave.

History

The DB only records that the Church of St Mary of Cranborne held Tisbury. The existence of a church is implied in an 8thc. document and by early 12thc., the church was richly endowed.

Features

Interior Features

Bibliography

Historic England listing 1146017.

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth 1975, 2nd edition, 520.

Victoria County History of Wiltshire Volume XIII, 195-248, esp. 239-243.