Church Of St John

The Church of St John is a parish church built in 1843 for Thomas W Evans. It features flint pebble walls with stone dressings and a plinth, along with a timber-framed south porch. The roofs are covered in plain tiles with inverted fishscale tile bands, and the gables are stone-coped with moulded kneelers, carved eaves corbels, and a ridge cross on the east gable of the nave. An octagonal stone bellcote with a leaded spire is located on the west side. The church comprises a nave, a lower chancel, a north vestry, and the south porch, all designed in the Early English style.

The west elevation showcases a full-height, widely projecting central buttress, flanked by diagonal walls at the base, which create a small triangular-shaped room with small lancets topped by hoods. Above the buttress, there are single tall lancets with hoodmoulds, and the gable ridge is capped by an octagonal bellcote featuring alternating chamfered lancets and plain pilasters, topped with a leaded spire. The corners of the nave are supported by full-height stepped buttresses.

On the north elevation, there are three tall chamfered lancets with hoodmoulds and stepped buttresses in between. The north vestry has a chamfered pointed west door, a 2-light chamfered mullion north window, and an eastern lancet with a hoodmould. The east chancel wall is adorned with angle buttresses and a stringcourse between, above which are triple stepped lancets with continuous hoodmoulds. The south chancel wall features two chamfered lancets with hoods and a buttress in between. The south nave wall has two taller similar lancets, also with buttresses, and to the far west is the timber-framed south porch, which includes leaded side windows, a pointed doorcase, and applied studding on the front.

Inside, the church has a pointed chamfered chancel arch, a scissor truss roof in the chancel, and a type of crown post roof in the nave. The pulpit, altar back, and chancel panelling are all contemporary, featuring cusped panelling. The original pews have fleur de lys poppyheads. The east window, created in 1904 by Abbott & Co, and a large circular stone font from the 12th century can be found near the south door.