218 The Churches of Devize*. 



to any hitherto neglected documents, which may tend to their 

 further illustration. 



The property belonging to the Churches was reported (circa 1833) 

 by the Charity Commissioners, as follows : — 



St. John's [held in trust for the reparations of the Church, and 

 the maintenance of the poor] consisted of sixteen Leases, of Houses 

 and portions of ground built on ; of which the annual value, of 

 buildings if in hand, was calculated at £278 ; this was let on long 

 terms, at quit-rents amounting to £8 12s. 7d., including about four 

 acres of garden ground at Marlborough. 



St. Mary's consisted of forty-two Dwelling Houses, and two other 

 buildings, all let for long terms, in thirty-one Leases, at quit-rents 

 amounting to £26 10s. 6d. Computed value of Houses £750 per 

 annum. Also — 



A. E. P. 



Isabel's Mead 11 



Spital Croft 11 



FiHis's Laud 8 2 



Inner and Outer Raymead 6 3 3 



36 5 3 



producing an annual rent of £186: total £212 10s. 6d. The value 

 of fines, and timber cut, being added, makes the average rental 

 about £307 per annum. 



The Church of St. John Baptist. 



This has been justly pronounced to be "one of the most interesting 

 Parochial Churches in Great Britain, to the Architectural Anti- 

 quary." x 



Its Ground Plan (which is shown in the annexed drawing) 

 consists of Chancel, A., with Chapels, B. C, on its North and South 

 sides; Central Tower, D. ; North and South Transepts, E. F.; 

 Nave, G. ; North and South Nave Aisles, H. I. ; and North and 

 South Porches, K. L. 



From the different styles of architecture which these several 



1 Britton's "Architectural Antiquities," ii., 3. 



