Church of St John the Baptist, Niton

The church was founded by William FitzOsbern and given to an abbey in Normandy.^{[citation needed]} In the Victorian era it was extensively restored and rebuilt.^[1]

The nave may be 11th century,^[2] as may be the Norman font.^[3] A north aisle was added at the end of the 12th century and a south aisle shortly afterwards.^[2] In the 14th century the chancel was rebuilt and the south porch was added.^[2] In the 15th century a chapel was added south of the chancel and east of the south aisle, and a four-centred arch was inserted in the south wall of the chancel to link it with the chapel.^[2] The north aisle was demolished, its arcade filled in and two-light Perpendicular Gothic windows inserted in each of the filled-in arches.^[2] The Perpendicular Gothic^[3] west tower was added towards the end of the 15th century.^[2] The square-headed windows in the south aisle were inserted in the 16th century and the spire was added to the tower probably early in the 17th century.^[2]

On the wall can be found a memorial portrait by John Flaxman, showing a woman holding pelicans in her hand in relief.^{[citation needed]} The chancel has a modern reredos.^{[citation needed]}

The registers, which date from 1560, include the following entry:

July the 1st, Anno Domini 1675. Charles II, king of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, etc., came safely ashore at Puckaster, after he had endured a great and dangerous storm at sea.."^[4]

In front of the porch is a 19th-century Celtic cross by Joseph Clarke^[3] on the four steps of the old churchyard cross.

Near the Celtic cross a marble monument marks the grave of Edward Edwards, (1812–1886) the pioneer of the public library movement.^{[citation needed]} The churchyard also contains four Commonwealth war graves of service personnel, three from World War I and one from World War II.^[5]

A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.