St John Baptist, Stockton
St John Baptist, Stockton
St John the Baptist is a Grade I parish church on the High Street at Stockton, Wiltshire, in the Diocese of Salisbury and the Middle Wylye Valley parish.
- Location
- Stockton, Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Wiltshire
- City / town
- Stockton
- Address
- Stockton, Stockton, Wiltshire, BA12 0SE
- Postcode
- BA12 0SE
- Built
- Late C12–C17; restored 1879
- Architect
- Cecil Hare (1910 rood screen, with Bodley and Garner)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- John
- Diocese
- Salisbury
- Parish
- Middle Wylye Valley
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Norman and Early English
- Materials
- Dressed limestone with some flint chequers; lead nave roofs, Welsh slate to the chancel
- Grid reference
- ST 981 382
- Opening hours
- Open daily.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England dates the church to the late twelfth, thirteenth, early fourteenth, fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, with an 1879 restoration. The fabric is dressed limestone with some flint chequers, lead roofs and a Welsh slate chancel roof. The plan is a west tower, aisled nave with north porch, and chancel with north vestry. Late twelfth-century arcade arches rest on cylindrical piers with scalloped capitals; the eastern arches are early fourteenth century. A solid wall between nave and chancel has a low central doorway and flanking squints. Listing NGR is ST 98191 38220.
The listing records a twelfth-century cylindrical font with a seventeenth-century cover, a 1746 royal arms, and a 1910 wooden screen designed by Bodley, Garner and Hare and given by Bishop Worcester of Stockton House. Monuments include the Elizabethan chest tomb of Jerome and Elizabeth Poticary (d. 1590) and the tomb of John Topp of Stockton House (d. 1640) with recumbent effigies. The east window glass to the Corfe family is of 1885.