Church Of St Anne

The Church of St Anne is a church built in 1934 by Arthur Bryan of Leicester. It is constructed from buff coloured brindle brick with some stone dressings and has a slate roof. The church is designed in a Free Late Gothic style and features a chancel, a north Lady Chapel added in 1956, a south vestry, and a bellcote over the organ chamber, along with a nave and aisles, although the nave is unfinished.

The east end of the church has triple lancets set within a large arch, surrounded by brickwork arranged in fine layers that create a massing effect. The north side includes the Lady Chapel with a circular east window and lancets on the sides. The transept-like projection and nave also have lancets. On the south side, there is a three-light window in the chancel and a projection over the vestry that houses the organ chamber and bellcote, which again features the distinctive layered brickwork. The vestry and aisle contain flat-arched windows, while the nave has lancets. The west wall of the unfinished nave is made of red brick and includes a triple light window with buttresses that serve as the side walls of the porch.

Inside, the main features are made of stone with plastered walls, and the nave and chancel have boarded keel roofs. The chancel boasts richly carved fittings, including an altar with panelling at the east end, a communion rail, choir stalls, and an organ case for the Rushworth and Dreaper organ. The east window features stained glass, and the pulpit is elaborately carved with figures in high relief. The Lady Chapel has a stained glass east window by LC Evetts. Low nave arcades with segmental arches lead to narrow aisles, and the ends of the piers rise as triangular shafts that split into three to form arched mouldings over the nave's lancets. Below the lancets are radiator grilles with pierced wave decoration.

This well-designed church is notable for its fine brickwork with unusual layering and rich interior fittings, and the unfinished west end does not detract from the spacious and imposing interior.