a new east window. The south clerestory is Perpendicular Gothic. The west window, dated 1928, is by Edward Woore and is a memorial to the Rev. Augustus Gibson. The church is Grade II* listed. The font, partly octagonal, is probably from the 13th century. The three bells are dated 1744 (cast nearby at Aldbourne by John Stares), 1670 and 1650. The church was dependant on Holy Cross at Ramsbury, and the prebendary of Ramsbury appointed chaplains until the living became a perpetual curacy in the 19th century. In 1956 the incumbent was authorised to hold both Aldbourne and Baydon, and the two benefices were united in 1965. Today the church is one of six in the Whitton grouping. Others A Particular Baptist chapel named Providence Chapel was built in 1806; it closed between 1885 and 1922, then was demolished. A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1823; by 1939 it was a private house. Notable buildings A barn at Finches Farm, with flint walls and a generous thatched roof, is from the 17th century. Baydon House Farmhouse has a 1744 date-stone. The school (1843, next to the church) and the former vicarage (1857, west of the church) were designed by Wiltshire architect T. H. Wyatt, in brick with flint bands. The water tower on Finches Lane near the M4, designed in the 1970s by Edmund Percey for Scherrer and Hicks, is described by Pevsner as "a striking design ... the tank clasped by tapering concrete piers". Amenities The village school is now Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. Baydon Village Stores incorporates a Post Office. The village pub, the Red Lion (closed in 2019), has however reopened as a restaurant/bar under the new name Fancy B. Baydon is close the local Motorway, the M4, which provides easy access to Bristol to the west and London to the east. Notable residents Ian Lomax (1931–1996, cricketer) farmed near Baydon. Kevin Wilkinson (1958–1999, pop musician) lived at Baydon. References External links Village website Villages in Wiltshire Civil parishes in Wiltshire