St John the Baptist Church in Inglesham, near Swindon, Wiltshire, England, has Anglo-Saxon origins but most of the current structure was built around 1205.

[2] In 1231 Pope Gregory IX granted a licence, appropriating the church at Inglesham, amongst others, to the abbey of Beaulieu at the request of Henry III.

William Morris, an English textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the Arts and Crafts Movement, who lived 10 miles (16 km) away at Kelmscott in Oxfordshire, campaigned to save the building without unsympathetic alterations.

[5] The Society was established in 1877 and its manifesto,[6][7] which Morris wrote,[8] set out its principles "to stave off decay by daily care … and otherwise to resist all tampering with either the fabric or ornament of the building as it stands".

[10] Oswald Birchall undertook a survey of the church which enabled Morris and John Henry Middleton to prepare a report for SPAB in 1885, suggesting the repairs be funded, as the rector George Woodbury Spooner said that it was beyond the means of the parishioners.

[14] The small church has no tower, but does have a 13th-century double bellcote, with pointed trefoiled lights, on the west gable of the nave.

[17][15] The chancel replaced a previous one which was 12 feet (3.7 m) square[15] and has a roof which includes tie beams which may date back to the 13th century.

The nave has mediaeval queen post and wind brace roof,[17] which is supported by two responds and a central pier.

[20] Tristram notes that fragments of a reredos survive with paintings of four saints on them,[21] and he also comments on "crosses of rather elaborate design".

[15] On the floor of the chancel is a 10-foot (3 m) black marble slab that once held the brass of a 14th-century knight with a basinet, sword and four shields.