Church Of St John

The Church of St John is an Anglican parish church located in Donhead St. Mary, built in 1839 by William Walker. It is constructed from dressed limestone and features a Welsh slate roof, showcasing a Neo-Norman architectural style. The church's layout includes a nave and chancel under a single roof, with a west gallery above the entrance lobby, which is flanked by two west towers.

The west end of the church features a central round-arched double chamfered doorway with double studded doors, set within a slightly projecting porch that has a corbel table. Above this doorway is a large round-arched window, also with a corbel table, leading to a battlemented parapet. Each of the flanking towers has a lancet window in a recessed panel, with corbel tables at both the ground floor and bell stage, topped by a battlemented parapet.

On the north and south sides of the nave and chancel, there are six round-headed lancet windows in recessed panels with corbel tables. The east end is adorned with three round-arched windows in recessed panels, also featuring corbel tables, and the gable has shaped recessed panels with a coped verge and cross finial.

Inside, the church has an entrance lobby at the west end, with doors leading to the vestry and a newel staircase to the gallery. The nave and chancel boast a 6-bay king post roof and plain plastered walls, with a stone floor. The west gallery is supported by two wooden piers with scalloped capitals and features a front with round-arched panels and an open zig-zag frieze. The interior includes 19th-century oak pews and an octagonal stone font bowl on a cylindrical base, located below the gallery on the south side. The east window features stained glass from the 1940s by Christopher Webb, with later 20th-century glass in other windows. There are proposals for internal rearrangement of the west end and gallery as of November 1985.