page_title: Burcombe
section_title: Church of St John the Baptist
hierarchical_section_title: Burcombe / Church of St John the Baptist
caption_attribution_description: English: The Church of St John the Baptist, Burcombe The church stands well away from the main part of the village.
context_page_description: Burcombe is a village and a civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 4.5 miles west of Salisbury city centre and lies each side of an unclassified road. Burcombe is an unspoiled village with many of the houses' gardens leading down to the River Nadder. The parish includes the hamlet of Ugford which is on the A30 road near the boundary with Wilton parish.
context_section_description: The Church of England parish church of St John is built on higher ground near the A30 road, to the north of the village centre, it is assumed to protect it from the possibility of flooding from the river in the lower part of the valley. It was permitted by the Abbesses of Wilton and has features in the corner work of the masonry which indicate strongly that it was originally of Saxon construction, although it has undergone many changes, including restoration in 1859 by T.H. Wyatt. The church is unusual in that it has a tower, rebuilt in 1667, which is lower than the nave roof.
  In 1960 the church was designated as a Grade II* listed building. It was declared redundant in 2005 and its sale was proposed in 2007.
caption: Church in 2008
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