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A view of St John the Baptist Church
Church · Cirencester, Gloucestershire

St John the Baptist Church

The three-storey south porch was built as a town hall; inside, the Boleyn Cup once belonged to Anne Boleyn.

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The three-storey south porch was built as a town hall; inside, the Boleyn Cup once belonged to Anne Boleyn.

In Cirencester

Once the second-largest city in Roman Britain, today a lively market town with one of the finest 'wool churches' in England.

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Gallery

  • Late-afternoon backlit view of the south side of St John the Baptist Cirencester — pinnacles and traceried windows in silhouette
  • Looking up at the Perpendicular tracery and battlements of the church tower
  • Carved statue niche set into the tower wall, with the spire rising above
  • Path through the churchyard at St John the Baptist, with gravestones and townhouses beyond
  • Close-up of the great west window — six lights of Perpendicular Gothic tracery
  • Looking down the nave toward the rood screen and the east end of the chancel
  • The timbered nave ceiling and clerestory windows of St John the Baptist
  • View through the carved black screen toward the east window and reredos
  • A large Victorian stained-glass window above a richly embroidered tapestry hanging
  • Close-up of the church's elaborate fan-vault ceiling, with painted bosses
  • A tall five-light stained-glass window above an embroidered hanging
  • Trinity Chapel interior — stained glass above carved stone tombs
  • Looking up into the tower from inside the church, with an ornate cross suspended below
  • Detail of the painted and gilded organ pipes with the timbered roof above
  • Medieval stained-glass panels with iron framework — figurative scenes in deep colour
  • Looking up into the famous south porch — fan-vault ceiling and arched openings on to the High Street
  • View out through the south porch's wooden gate, with stone vaulting overhead

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Cirencester Park

Open daily on foot — five-mile broad rides through avenues planted by Alexander Pope's friend, the first Earl Bathurst.

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A view of Cirencester Park