Church Of St John The Evangelist

The Church of St John the Evangelist, built between 1841 and 1843 by W A Nicholson, is located on Bigby Street. Some alterations were made in 1883 by W White. The church is constructed from small, whitish-grey stones arranged in a brick fashion, with tiled roofs.

The building features an aisled nave and chancel, with a southeast porch tower and a north porch. Its Early English style is evident in the paired lancet windows with detached shafts. The west window is positioned unusually high due to the proximity of neighboring buildings, while there is a small lancet window on the east side. The tall tower, which has four stages, includes a south door with a shallow gabled porch and lancets set within blind arcading in the bell stage, along with corner pinnacles on the tower and at the west end.

Inside, the church has arcades supported by octagonal piers and double chamfered arches. The chancel features one bay of sexpartite vaulting, likely made of plaster. The principal fixtures include very plain 19th-century nave benches and choir stalls with simple poppy heads, as well as some 19th-century and early 20th-century stained glass.

Historically, a church was first established in Brigg in 1699, serving a hamlet that was previously part of the parish church at Wrawby. This earlier Classical church was demolished to make way for the current structure, which is significantly larger. The church became an independent parish in 1872 and was refurbished in 1883 by the prominent Victorian church architect William White.