St John the Baptist Church, Cirencester Photos

Photo of St John the Baptist church, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Funerary brasses in the Trinity Chapel. The brasses were gathered here by Giles Gilbert Scott during a Victorian restoration of the church
Photo of St John the Baptist church, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Coat of arms of Richard Dixton (d.1438) in the Trinity Chapel. Dixton was co-founder of the chapel
Photo of St John the Baptist church, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
The nave and south aisle. Here you get an ideaof the great height of the nave and the beauty of the Perpendicular Gothic pillars
Photo of St John the Baptist church, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
15th century wine-glass pulpit
Photo of St John the Baptist church, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
The Anne Boleyn Cup. This 16th century gilded silver goblet was given to Dr Richard Masters by Anne Boleyn, and Dr Masters presented it to the church
Photo of St John the Baptist church, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Looking through the choir to the north aisle and chapels beyond
Photo of St John the Baptist church, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
15th century font, near the north porch entry to the church
Photo of St John the Baptist church, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Medieval vaulting on the ceiling of the south porch. The porch is exceptionally large and beautifully decorated, even by the standards of Cotswold wool churches
Photo of St John the Baptist church, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Another view of the vaulting on the ceiling of the south porch

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Historic Churches in Gloucestershire



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