Church of St. John the Baptist, Cirencester

The church is medieval. It was widened in about 1180. Around 1240 the nave was completely rebuilt. The east window dates from around 1300. The original stained glass of the east window has long since disappeared and it is now filled with fifteenth century glass from other parts of the church. To the north of the chancel is St. Catherine's Chapel which dates from around 1150. It contains a wall painting of St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child, and vaulting given by Abbot John Hakebourne in 1508 when major reconstruction took place funded by the wool trade making it an example of a Wool church. To the north of St. Catherine's Chapel is the Lady Chapel, first built in 1240 and extended in…

The Cotswold stone church is 180 ft long and 104 ft wide. The three-stage buttressed tower is 134 ft high. This makes it one of the "largest parish churches in England". The layout of the church includes a three-bay chancel and three-bay aisled nave. The three-storey south porch has carved oriel windows and crenellated parapets topped by decorative pinnacles. The pulpit dates from the 15th century. There are some surviving fragments of wall paintings particularly in St Catherines chapel, and a wide variety of tombs and monuments. The silver gilt "Boleyn Cup" was made in 1535 for Anne Boleyn and given to the church by Elizabeth I.