Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist is a parish church located in Ulgham Village, built on a medieval site. The chancel was constructed in 1842, while the remainder of the church was completed in 1863. The 1842 section features squared stone, whereas the 1863 work is made of rough-faced stone with ashlar dressings, topped with a slate roof. The church is designed in a Free Romanesque style and includes a nave with a three-bay north aisle and a south porch, along with a chancel that has a north vestry.

On the south side of the nave, there is a chamfered plinth, a sill string, and an eaves cornice. The porch has a steeply-pitched coped gable and a moulded arch in the second bay, with one window to the west and four to the east, all featuring chamfered surrounds. The west end displays two similar windows and a gabled twin bellcote, as well as an earlier fragment that includes a 12th-century window head. The aisle has a two-light window on the west and two groups of three single windows on the north side.

The two-bay chancel has a chamfered plinth and sill string, with a pilaster buttress on the south and clasping buttresses to the east. The south windows are adorned with hoodmoulds that have cruciform stops. The east side features a stepped triplet with chamfered jambs, roll-moulded arches, and hoods, along with a round window above that has a zig-zag surround. The vestry windows are similar to those on the south chancel, and there is a shoulder-arched doorway on the north side. The gables are topped with cross finials.

Inside, the north arcade consists of moulded arches supported by heavy round columns with various capitals. The chancel arch is roll-moulded and chamfered, resting on responds with scallop capitals. A small arch on the north side leads into the pulpit from the vestry entrance lobby. The chancel features a simple sedile and an aumbry. The windows at the west end and in the north aisle have shouldered rear arches. The nave has a crown-post roof, while the chancel has a collar-beam roof.

Notable interior features include an elaborate 19th-century font with spiral volutes at the angles, an early 20th-century inlaid panelled pulpit, and a 12th-century window head with relief carvings of an angel, a mounted figure, and two birds, which is built into the east wall of the aisle.