Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist is a parish church largely dating to the 13th century, with a west tower from the early 14th century. The chancel was rebuilt in the late 14th century, and the Aramstone chapel and south porch were constructed around 1400. The church underwent restoration in 1894, with further alterations made to the interior in the 20th century. It is built of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roofs.

The west tower has four stages, featuring moulded string courses, a plain band with square corbels below the third stage, and an embattled parapet. An octagonal spire with roll mouldings at the angles rises from the tower. A small doorway with a two-centred arched head is on the ground stage, while square-headed loop vents are on the second and third stages. The bell stage has two trefoil-headed lights with decorative cusping in the spandrels. The nave has windows with two trefoil-headed lights to the left, three windows to the right, and a large window with a gable and three trefoil-headed lights and tracery to the right of the south porch. The south porch features a moulded plinth, moulded parapet, and a square-headed doorway with decorative spandrels and a two-centred arched head with moulded jambs. The porch has a vaulted ceiling with diagonal and ridge ribs, and a rose central boss. The chancel has two trefoil-headed lights to the left and two cinquefoil-headed lights to the right of the doorway.

Inside, the nave and chancel have renewed roofs. The Aramstone chapel has a vaulted ceiling with diagonal and ridge ribs springing from moulded corbels, along with largely restored bosses. The chancel arch comprises two chamfered orders with square-cut, plain imposts to the inner orders. A 18th-century gallery was formerly at the west end but has been enclosed by a 20th-century wall, featuring a panelled front and a staircase with a moulded rail, square newels and turned balusters. A 17th-century pulpit is four-sided with decorative panels, and there's also a sounding board. A recess in the south wall of the nave contains traces of ballflower ornament and a late 13th-century coffin slab. In the Aramstone chapel is a 1725 wall tablet commemorating Thomas Marrett, featuring marble fluted Doric pilasters flanking an inscription panel with a Doric entablature surmounted by a cartouche. Numerous other monuments commemorate members of the Woodhouse family.