St. John the Baptist Church - IV

A modern church, filled with carpet, cushioned seats, and heating and cooling presents a much more comforting scene than this austere place of worship. You've really got to want to worship to engage in this place on a cold winter's day.

St. John the Baptist Church - III

St. Catherine's chapel has a particularly interesting section of fan vaults above it.

St. John the Baptist Church - II

Although it is showing its age, this is quite an ornate pulpit for a parish church. This grade 1 listed church displays styles spanning the entire time from the 12th century to the present.

St. John the Baptist Church, Cirencester

One of the first things you notice in most of the parish churches we visited in the UK is that the space is used in many ways that are different from the original plan. Here, in St. John the Baptist Church, we see the baptismal font and lovely tomb just below the amazing stained glass window alongside a totally odd-seeming church model and show-and-tell board. Somehow, it feels out of place.