Sherborne St John is a village in the Basingstoke and Deane district of the county, 2 miles N of Basingstoke. The church is in the village centre, hidden away down a narrow lane. It consists of a nave with a N aisle and S porch, chancel with a N chapel, and a W tower with a slender tower set back behind a railing. The nave is 12thc, the aisle was added in 1834, the chancel is of c.1300, and the tower is mid-13thc with a later spire. The porch dates from 1533. The only 12thc feature recorded here is the font.

Sherborne St John was held by Hugh de Port in1086, and by Wulfgifu from King Edward in 1066. It was assessed at 7 hides in 1086 and included a church with half a hide at that date. The manor continued in the possession of the Ports, and their successors the St Johns until 1329. Successive lords of the manor appointed rectors to the parish, and the recotors appointed vicars.

The Purbeck font is carved as simply as possible and the arches are of irregular heights and widths: very much bottom of the range for these imported fonts. The gadrroned arcading is also found on one face of the font at Bramley