Church Of St John

The Church of St John, built in 1856 by Sir George Gilbert Scott for Sir J. W. Copley Bart, is now disused. Constructed from ashlar magnesian limestone with a graduated slate roof, the church features a design in the Gothic Revival style, comprising three bays with aisles and chapels integrated into a single vessel, and a gabled south porch.

The exterior includes a chamfered plinth, low side walls with buttresses between the bays and at the corners, which have offsets and gablets. A continuous nailhead carving and string course runs beneath the lancet windows, which have chamfered surrounds, cusping, and hoodmoulds. The large porch at bay 2 has a treble-shafted, moulded arch beneath a sunken trefoil with naturalistic carving. The outer and inner sides of the porch feature 3-bay arcading with shafts, blind side lights, and shared hoodmoulds that extend from the south door impost, although the inner arcading is now very weathered. The priests' door on the right of bay 4 has a pointed arch and hoodmould.

Additional architectural details include a chamfered eaves band and a hidden gutter to the catslide roof, which has coped gables and decorated apex stones, as well as a sanctus bell-cote with an ashlar base and wooden belfry. The tall, paired, 2-light west windows are flanked by large buttresses and feature moulded surrounds with cusping and quinquefoils at each head, along with shared hoodmoulds. A raised circular surround is present for the gable window, which has three trefoils. A similar arrangement of buttresses flanks a 3-light east window with three trefoils in a circle at its head and hoodmould, along with aisle lancets. An octagonal flue is located at the north-east corner.

Inside, the aisle arcades have circular piers with capitals featuring naturalistic foliage carving and moulded arches. The chancel arch is supported by keeled and shafted responds, with head-carved hoodmould stops. The chapel arcades feature keeled, quatrefoil piers and angels on the hoodmould stops. Although the church is disused, it retains most of its original fittings, including an octagonal font and a wooden pulpit. The interior has not been fully inspected. The church originally seated 150 people and cost £6,000 to build; it was consecrated on September 25, 1860.