Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St. John the Baptist is a parish church dating back to the 13th century, with significant additions and alterations in the early 14th, 15th, and 19th centuries. It was restored in 1855, with further restoration of the tower in 1900. The church is constructed of coursed rubble, dressed coursed rubble, and ashlar, with slate roofs, coped gables, and an embattled parapet to the nave, tower, and porch. A single brick and stone stack is located on the north side of the chancel.

The church consists of a tower, nave, north aisle, south porch, and chancel, all set on a plinth with a moulded band. The diagonally buttressed tower has two stages, a string course at the juncture, and a gargoyle to each side. It features a single arched window with three arched lights, a string course below, and a hood mould. The bell chamber has four arched openings, each with two arched lights, tracery, cusping, hood mould, and four rectangular stair lights.

A lean-to projects from the west side of the buttressed north aisle. The north aisle’s north wall, featuring a single gargoyle, incorporates a blocked, chamfered arched doorway and two 15th-century three-light windows with panel tracery, cusping, flat heads, and casement moulded surrounds. A similar window is set in the east wall. The early 14th-century chancel has a single arched window with intersecting tracery, cusping, a hood mould, and label stops in the north wall, alongside an arched doorway. The diagonally buttressed east end of the chancel features an arched five-light window with intersecting tracery, cusping, a hood mould, and a head label stops. The south wall has two similar three-light windows with hood moulds and label stops; a 14th-century coffin lid decorated with a stylized cross is positioned below one of these windows. The south nave has two arched 15th-century three-light windows with panel tracery, cusping, and hood mould. The porch's angle buttresses are decorated with crockets and finials. A single ridge cross tops the building, and the porch has an arched doorway with a hood mould and human head label stops. The inner, chamfered arched 13th-century doorway has imposts decorated with nailhead motifs, terminating in a spiral scroll and two human head label stops.

Inside, a three-bay double chamfered arched arcade features octagonal piers and embattled corbels to the east and west. Similar corbels support the double chamfered chancel arch and those supporting the double chamfered tower arch, the latter further decorated with blind tracery. Additional features include stone carved altar rails, an octagonal font with quatrefoil panels, two pews with decorated poppyheads, and stone carved angles supporting the chancel roof. The church also contains 19th-century furnishings.