of St John the Baptist Church, Cardiff, the oldest medieval church in the capital. The tower stands as an exotic feature to the location with its features similar to those found in Cornwall and Devon, but rarely in Glamorgan. The tower is of two stages with a stepped diagonal buttresses and polygonal NE stair. The tower contains a ring of six bells which were restored and rehung in 1994. The interiors are heavily restored by C. B. Fowler of Cardiff in 1896–97. Of note within the church is a stone effigy of a man with a greyhound at his feet and a simple but handsome tablet dedicated to the parents of local benefactor Sir Leoline Jenkins, dated 1763. The pulpit is a lavish, multi-coloured pieced designed by fowler and carved by W. Clarke. Footnotes Primary sources Grade I listed churches in the Vale of Glamorgan Church in Wales church buildings John the Baptist 12th-century church buildings in Wales