Friends Tour Warminster Area

10.30am St Denys, Warminster BA12 8PQ.  Car park on north side of church.
Large Perpendicular cruciform church very thoroughly renewed in 1887-9 by Blomfield; squat tower; organ case of 1792 from Salisbury Cathedral; tablets.

11.30am St John the Evangelist, Boreham, Warminster BA12 9JY.  Roadside parking.
1865 by Street; late 13thc details; semicircular baptistery at W end by Ponting 1925-6; Street
furnishings; mosaics 1911-15 by Ponting.

12.30pm Lunch.  Please make your own arrangements.  There are many reasonable pubs in the area, including The Angel and The Red Lion in Heytesbury.

2.00pm St Peter & St Paul, Heytesbury. BA12 0EQ. Park in Main street.
Large cruciform church; heavily restored by Butterfield in 1865-7; 13thC and Perpendicular; impressive proportions; Early English chancel with red and black tile decorations; stone screen; good stained glass by Alexander Gibbs; 16th and 17thC monuments; William Cunnington,“ the Father of Wiltshire Archaeology “ is buried in the churchyard.

3.00pm St John the Evangelist, Sutton Veny BA12 7AP. Roadside parking.
Impressive church by Pearson,1866-68; cruciform tower and spire; big lofty “Decorated” interior; rose window in north transept; stone rib vaulting; wall decoration and stained glass by Clayton & Bell; also stained glass by Kempe; c 170 Australian victims of Spanish flu buried in churchyard.

Optional visit to Sutton Veny – St Leonard (S.E. of Warminster )
Nave and transepts in ruins; 13thC chancel.  In the care of The Churches Conservation Trust.

Cost of tour £20 per head, payable on the day.
Please register with Martin Knight by email