Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist is a building with origins dating to the late 13th and early 14th centuries, incorporating the south aisle. Significant rebuilding occurred in the 15th century, including the heightening of the tower. The chancel was rebuilt in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the nave in the early to mid-18th century, and alterations and restorations took place in the 19th century and again around 1986. The church is constructed primarily of magnesian limestone for the tower, with a lower limestone course and pinkish-red brick for the nave and chancel, all with ashlar dressings and a pantile roof.

The west tower is three-stage, with a plinth, angle and diagonal buttresses, and a 2-light pointed window on the west side, featuring mostly re-cut Perpendicular tracery. A slit window is present on the south side; twin-light traceried bell openings are set within double-chamfered surrounds and under hoodmoulds. The tower has embattled parapets and corner pinnacles. The nave includes a south aisle and clerestory. The south aisle entrance is a round-arched opening with a double-chamfered arch and plank door, set within a blocked pointed arcade. There are single lancet windows, and three pairs of lancets, one with a trefoil to the head, all within chamfered surrounds. The clerestory presents C18 lancet windows. The north side of the nave features three 3-light windows with geometric tracery. The chancel has a C20 3-light straight-headed window with moulded brick mullions under an elliptical arch, and a late C20 multi-paned window to the north side.

Inside, the triple-chamfered pointed tower arch rests on octagonal responds with moulded capitals exhibiting nailhead enrichment and bases, under a hoodmould with head stops. A five-bay south arcade, partially blocked on the west, has double-chamfered pointed arches on octagonal piers with moulded capitals, nailhead enrichment, and bases. One central pier bears the inscription "hic jacet / corpus W / alteri Upi / by humanatum / cuius animam absolvet deus." A double-chamfered chancel arch is supported by chamfered responds with chamfered capitals. A C12 drum font is decorated with lozenges filled with chevrons and rosettes.