Wiltshire Travel Guide - Historic Churches

One of the finest parish churches in Wiltshire, St Sampson's is a superb medieval building with a striking Perpendicular tower that rises high over this ancient Saxon town. There has been a church on this site since at least AD 890 - not surprising when you consider the age of Cricklade itself, which was a thriving town in the late Saxon era.
Church Lane, Bath Road, Cricklade, Wiltshire, England, SN6 6AT

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Heritage Highlight: Perpendicular tower and Saxon stones

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An early medieval century church in a parkland setting within the privately owned Draycot House estate, St James has a 13th-century nave and an Early English chancel. Interestingly, the floor of the chancel is set below that of the earlier nave.
Draycot Cerne, Wiltshire, England, SN15 5LG

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A Grade II* listed building in Norman Revival style, designed in 1844 by Benjamin Ferrey. St Nicholas' is very much a church in the continental European idiom, unusual to find in the Wiltshire countryside! It is said to have been modelled after a church at Thaon, Normandy.
The Green, East Grafton, Wiltshire, England, SN8 3DB

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St Mary's is a Saxon church with an ancient cross in the churchyard, remains of pre-Norman arcading, and a superb set of plasterwork decoration in the chancel. The plasterwork was designed by Dr Wren, father of Sir Christopher Wren, who served as rector of East Knoyle.
Church Road, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England, SP3 6AE

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Heritage Highlight: Saxon cross shaft outside the tower, and 17th-century plasterwork

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A lovely mid-14th-century church built by the Bishop of Winchester for the religious order of Bonshommes. The church is one of the finest examples in the country of the transitional period between Decorated Gothic and Perpendicular architecture. The interior features some excellent medieval tombs, including the painted 15th-century Baynton memorial.
Edington, Wiltshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: Baynton memorial

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Most early 19th-century churches would not be thought of as architecturally important, but St Peter's Church in the Wiltshire village of Everleigh breaks that mould. The church was designed in 1813 by John Morlidge of London for Francis Dugdale Astley and was one of the first church buildings to be constructed with an iron frame.
A341, Everleigh, Wiltshire, England, SN8 3HD

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Heritage Highlight: Early example of an iron-framed church

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St Nicholas church stands on a hillside above the Wylye valley The church is primarily 14th century, and consists of a nave, chancel, north transept, and an imposing south tower.
Fisherton Delamere, Wiltshire, England, BA12 0PZ

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A large country church with an Early English nave and chancel, and 14th-century transepts. St Mary's is blessed with an abundance of historic tombs, including the effigy of Sir John Seymour, father of Queen Jane Seymour. There are medieval memorial brasses and beautifully carved column capitals, plus a 14th-century wooden rood screen that was once in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Church Street, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, SN8 3PE

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Heritage Highlight: Tomb of Sir John Seymour, father of Queen Jane Seymour

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A lovely little 14th-century church beside Great Chalfield Manor. There is a Norman font, Georgian furnishings, medieval wall paintings, plus the 15th-century chapel of the Tropnell family with a beautifully carved stone screen.
Great Chalfield, Wiltshire, England, SN12 8NJ

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century Tropnell Chapel with stone screen

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A large and imposing 12th-century church, much restored in the Victorian period by William Butterfield. Highlights include a stone screen with superb Perpendicular vaulting to the Hungerford Chapel, and early 17th-century effigies of the Moore family.
High Street, Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England, BA12 0EF

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century Hungerford Chapel stone screen

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