St John the Baptist Church, Inglesham

St John the Baptist Church, Inglesham
St John the Baptist Church, Inglesham, from the south-east
St John the Baptist Church, Inglesham Location in Wiltshire
51°41′03″N 1°42′16″W / 51.68427°N 1.70441°W / 51.68427; -1.70441
OS grid reference	SU 20532 98431
Location	Inglesham, Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	Churches Conservation Trust
History
Dedication	Saint John the Baptist
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	26 January 1955
Architectural type	Church
Style	Anglo-Saxon, Gothic
Specifications
Materials	Rendered rubble stone, Stone roofs
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Bristol
Archdeaconry	Malmesbury
Deanery	Swindon
Parish	Highworth with Sevenhampton and Inglesham

St John the Baptist Church in Inglesham, near Swindon, Wiltshire, England, has Anglo-Saxon origins but most of the current structure was built around 1205. Much of the church has not changed since the medieval era. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church which has been in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust since 1981.

The church stands above the water meadows next to the confluence of the River Thames, River Coln and the Thames and Severn Canal.^[1] Much of the fabric of the building is from the 13th century, but includes remains of an earlier church on the site. The interior has wall paintings spanning over 600 years, often one on top of the other, up to seven layers thick. There is also a carving of the Mother and Child which dates from the Anglo-Saxon era. There are also historic box pews, pulpit and memorials.