St Martin's Church, Fifield Bavant, Wiltshire
This Grade II listed church is in the heart of Wiltshire.
It is the smallest church in Wiltshire and the second smallest in England still in regular use for worship.
The following information comes from the British Listed Buildings website.
Anglican parish church. C13, C15, C17. Flint and limestone
chequers, tiled roof with coped verges.
Consists of nave and chancel under one roof, bellcote over west door.
Chamfered plinth, hollow-chamfered west doorway with stops, double planked
doors, 2-light square-headed C16 window over with cusped lights.
South side has 3-light C17 recessed hollow-chamfered mullioned
window, blocked Tudor-arched chamfered priest's door to right.
East end has C15 pointed Perpendicular window with 2 cusped lights
and hoodmould with carved head terminals, cross finial. North
side has one small lancet.
West bellcote is timbered and tile-hung with square pyramidal roof; probably late C19.
Interior has stone and herringbone wood floor. Three-bay braced
collar-rafter roof with 2 tie-beam trusses with struts to
principals.
Fine C12 cylindrical stone font at west end; moulded
base and scalloped bowl with oak cover; probably C17.
Very small, unaltered church in picturesque setting in the fields of a
shrunken village site.
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