200 Architectural Notes on Places visited by the Society in 1891. 
The roofs of nave and chancel are apparently modern: the east 
window is filled with good modern glass by Kempe. 
The old altar slab is retained in use here—it is of Portland stone, 
7ft. O4in. long by 2ft. 54in. wide, and is inscribed with the usual 
five crosses, each consisting of two simple lines with holes at their 
ends and intersection. 
S. Joun Baptist’s. BisHopstone. 
This remarkable Church has had, as it deserved, a separate book 
written in its honour, in “ Some Account of Bishopstone Church, in 
the County of Wilts,’ by Owen B. Carter, Architect, of Winchester 
(1845), very fully illustrated by general drawings and details by 
Woodman. It has heen twice visited by this Society, in 1865 and 
1876, on both of which, as on the present occasion, it was described 
by Archdeacon Lear, whose paper, read on the former visit, is 
printed in Wilts Arch. Mag., vol. x., p. 236. On the same occasion 
the eminent antiquary, Mr. J. H. Parker, offered some remarks 
upon it. 
After all that has been said about the Church I feel it to be 
somewhat presumptuous for me to give any description or opinion 
of my own, and I only reluctantly consented to do so at the urgent 
request of one of our Secretaries. 
The plan of the Church is cruciform, a form which is perhaps 
more general in this county than elsewhere. The nave and chancel 
are of almost equal length, giving a peculiarly uniform plan, which 
is only broken by the coeval sacristy on the north of the chancel, 
the singular tomb against the south of the south transept, and 
the porch, which has been re-built. 
The nave and the lower stage of the tower are portions of the 
Church which stood here before the great alteration was made which 
gives the building its present special characteristics. This older 
Church was also cruciform in plan, but apparently a comparatively 
simple and plain building: the parts which remain may be assigned 
to the latter half of the thirteenth century. The archways on the 
north, east, and west sides of the tower are alike, and have two 
orders of plain chamfers carried down to the floor. That on the 
