The Tower.
Another interior shot.
St John: mostly Victorian church rebuilt 1859-1861 with some c12 & c13 work retained
St John: clerestory added in Norman Transitional style, c12 corbel heads above
St John: chancel with windows in geometric style
St John: c15 or early c16 Perpendicular west tower with Ham Hill dressings
St John: quatrefoil carving above west door; arms are Montacute (four lozenges)
St John: quatrefoil carving above west door; arms are for Cerne Abbey (a cross engrailed between four lily flowers slipped)
St John: quatrefoil carving above west door; Stafford Knot (alluding to Cecily Bonneville whose second husband was Henry Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire)
St John: nave with low circular arches, c13 chancel arch; c12 north arcade with scalloped capitals, slightly later south arcade with fine leaf ones
St John: south arcade capital with a small figure of a man feeding a large bird
St John: south arcade capital with a small figure of a man sitting on a leaf scroll extending his hand to a dog
St John: north arcade scalloped capital
St John: memorial to Robert Smith, physician, d.1683 aged 85
St John: memorial to Thomas More of Hawkchurch, d.1695, & wives Bridget Trenchard of Wolveton & Elizabeth Bampfield of Poltimore
St John: shield from the memorial to Thomas More of Hawkchurch, d.1695
St John: memorial to William Domett, naval officer, d.1828
Entry Name: Church of St John the Baptist
Listing Date: 8 May 1967
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1098492
English Heritage Legacy ID: 87983
ID on this website: 101098492
Location: St John the Baptist's Church, Hawkchurch, East Devon, EX13
County: Devon
District: East Devon
Civil Parish: Hawkchurch
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Hawkchurch St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury