Church Of St John The Baptist And Attached Boundary Wall And Gates

The Church of St John the Baptist, along with its attached boundary wall and gates, was built in 1874. It was designed by J.B. Mitchell-Withers, with a north-east vestry added in the early 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed squared stone, with a brick interior, ashlar dressings, and slate roofs. Single gable and side wall stone stacks are present. A north-east vestry with a flat roof was added in the early 20th century.

The church is of Gothic Revival style and features a chamfered plinth and coped gables. The plan includes a chancel, vestries, a south transept, a nave with clerestory and aisles, a south porch, and a south-west tower.

The east side of the chancel is plain with a triple lancet window. The north-east vestry has a Tudor arched door and three lancets, while the south-east vestry has two lancets and a door. The south transept features a wheel window above two single lancets. The clerestory has four double lancets on each side. The west end has flanking buttresses and a wheel window with two single lancets below. The aisles each have three double lancets to the east and a single one to the west. A gabled south porch has a plain, chamfered doorway. The north aisle has a similar doorway. Each west end has two single lancets.

The tower is a thin square shape with three stages, string courses, and a single buttress. It has a single window on the lower stage and two-light windows at different levels on the upper stage. The traceried wooden belfry has a flared pyramidal slate roof with a finial.

Inside, the chancel is rendered and has a wagon roof with a double chamfered arch and shaft imposts, with doorways on each side. Aumbry and sedilia are present on the north and south sides, respectively. The east end has a Decorated style wooden reredos. The nave has four bay arcades with alternating round and octagonal piers, stiff-leaf capitals, and chamfered arches, supporting a scissor-braced roof. A single door leads to the tower. The aisles have lean-to roofs and pedimented draught screens. Fittings include 20th-century stalls and benches, a 19th-century traceried ashlar pulpit, and a square font with a 20th-century spire cover. A stained glass window from 1898 is by Kayll & Co., alongside five early 20th-century windows. A Decorated style wooden triptych war memorial dates to approximately 1920.

Attached to the church is a stone boundary wall approximately 80 metres long, with chamfered coping topped with a railing. To the right are a pair of gabled square piers and gates. To the left is a plainer pair of gate piers with a pedestrian gate.