---
title: "St Swithin, Compton Bassett"
description: "Located in Compton Bassett, Wiltshire. Built C12–C13 interior; C15 exterior; chancel and side chapels 1865. Diocese of Salisbury. Grade I. Perpendicular exterior; C12–C13 interior style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Wiltshire","Compton Bassett","Grade I","Perpendicular","Henry Woodyer"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-swithin-compton-bassett"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:31:10.903Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T17:49:12.982Z"
location: "Compton Bassett, Wiltshire"
country: "England"
county: "Wiltshire"
town: "Compton Bassett"
address: "Compton Bassett, Wiltshire, SN11 8RE"
postcode: "SN11 8RE"
built: "C12–C13 interior; C15 exterior; chancel and side chapels 1865"
architect: "Henry Woodyer (chancel and chapels 1865)"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Swithin"]
diocese: "Salisbury"
grade: "I"
style: "Perpendicular exterior; C12–C13 interior"
materials: "Ashlar; squared rubble to C19 work; stone slate and Welsh slate roofs"
website: "https://comptonbassett.org.uk/church/index.php"
openingHours: "Normally open."
parish: "Compton Bassett"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363781"
gridReference: "SU 030 715"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Swithin, Compton Bassett

St Swithin’s at Compton Bassett, Wiltshire, is a Grade I parish church with a twelfth- and thirteenth-century interior and a fifteenth-century Perpendicular exterior, the chancel of 1865 by Henry Woodyer, in the Diocese of Salisbury.

## Overview

Historic England records an Anglican parish church of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, externally fifteenth-century, with chancel and side chapels of 1865 by H. Woodyer. Materials are ashlar, with squared rubble stone to the nineteenth-century work, stone slate roofs and some Welsh slate. There is a three-stage fifteenth-century west tower, a nave with fifteenth-century clerestory and aisles, a nineteenth-century north porch, and the 1865 chancel with lean-to chapels. The interior has a three-bay fifteenth-century panelled cradle roof. The church is noted for its medieval stone rood screen; Woodyer provided gates, with figures of the Apostles on pilasters. Listed Grade I on 20 December 1960 (NHLE 1363781). The parish is Compton Bassett.

## Further Information

- [Compton Bassett church](https://comptonbassett.org.uk/church/index.php)
- [Historic England list entry 1363781](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363781)