Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist is a church built in 1821 and altered in 1907-1908, designed by Jeptha Pacey and Swansborough. It is constructed of red brick with some ashlar dressings and features slate roofs with stone-coped gables, including a cross finial on the east and dentillated eaves. The church has a west porch, a nave with a west bellcote, and a chancel with a north vestry.

A plinth and regularly placed giant order pilasters with moulded capitals and bases surround the entire church. The west porch is pedimented and includes an ashlar-dressed keyed oculus. The south doorway features an ashlar-dressed semi-circular headed doorcase with a moulded head, keystone, and impost blocks, along with a fanlight that has radiating spokes and a panelled door. Above the nave, there is a modillioned brick pediment with an oculus that also has radiating spokes.

The tall rectangular bellcote, covered in copper, has rectangular openings on all four sides, a scalloped band, and a moulded cornice, topped with a lead cupola, finial, and weather vane. The north side has three semi-circular headed windows. The vestry, added in 1907, projects to the east and includes a small north coal hole opening, with a window to the east featuring a stone lintel. The chancel, also from 1907, has a large ashlar keyed oculus to the east and a dentillated brick pediment above. The south side of the chancel has a single semi-circular headed window, with a corbel table and parapet above. The south side of the nave includes three semi-circular headed windows.

Inside, there is a Roman altar made of limestone in the porch, and the inner west doorway has a fanlight with radiating spokes and a panelled door. A 20th-century west gallery is present, along with a semi-circular chancel arch that features a moulded keystone and impost blocks. The church contains late 19th-century pews, an ornate 19th-century screen, and a communion rail. Notable monuments include a grey and white marble monument to John Kelk, who died in 1795; a black and white marble monument with an urn to John Dinham, who died in 1811; and a white marble monument with an urn and draperies to William Moore, who died in 1838.