Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist is a parish church that dates from the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, with alterations and additions made in the 19th century. It is built of coursed rubble limestone and ashlar, featuring plain tile and lead roofs. The church includes a western tower, a nave with a clerestorey, two aisles, a chancel, a southern porch, and a vestry.

The 13th-century tower is constructed of coursed rubble and has two stages with corner buttresses. It features a single light west window and belfry openings on all faces. The original spire was replaced in the 19th century with a saddleback plain tile roof. The north aisle was rebuilt in the 19th century, and the vestry is dated 1852. The 19th-century chancel is the same height and width as the nave and includes a three-light east window, with two two-light south chancel windows and a three-light window above.

The south aisle, built in the 15th century, is adorned with battlements and richly pinnacled buttresses that feature large grotesque gargoyles to drain the lead roof. The east, west, and two south aisle windows are all 15th-century, consisting of two lights with four centre arches under hood moulds, decorated with label stops. The clerestorey on the north and south sides is also from the 15th century, with a moulded parapet concealing the lead roof and four three-light windows under a continuous hood mould.

The south porch is battlemented and pinnacled, featuring a central cross above a steeply pointed 15th-century doorway with moulded imposts. There is a small niche above the south door, and stone side benches are present in the porch.

Inside, the church has a 13th-century three-bay south arcade with double chamfered arches supported by clustered piers, featuring four keeled and stiff leaf capitals. The north arcade, dating from around 1300, has a similar three-bay design with double chamfered arches and plainer moulded capitals. The tower arch mirrors the north aisle but has a triple chamfer. Evidence of a 13th-century roof pitch is visible on the west wall, while the chancel arch was added in the 19th century.

A 14th-century ogee arch recessed into the north aisle contains a stone effigy of a recumbent knight. There are also sculpture fragments from a 13th-century stone coffin lid with a foliated cross and part of a wheelhead cross. The 15th-century octagonal font features quatrefoils containing shields on each face. The chancel screen retains a partial medieval frame, with all decoration from the 19th century. The pulpit is a plain wooden design from the 19th century, and the altar rail from the 17th century includes balusters.