title: Church of St John the Baptist, Buckminster
text: # Church of St John the Baptist, Buckminster
  
  The Church of St John the Baptist is a church in Buckminster, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed building.
  
  ## History
  
  The church consists of a nave, chantry chapel, tower with spire and 6 bells, chancel and north and south aisles. The bells date from 1657, 1649, 1691, 1778, 2 date from 1873 and 1 from 1874. The spire was struck by lightning in 1841 but was repaired 2 years later and restored in 1894. The tower has a beacon chimney. There is a rood stair near the chancel arch.
  
  The church was restored in 1883. There is a family mausoleum to the Dysart family, built by Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart. The mausoleum is Grade II* listed.
  
  