Parish Church Of St John The Elder

The Parish Church of St John the Elder, located on High Street in Goldenhill, was built between 1840 and 1841 by local architect Stanley of Shelton. This church is constructed of brick and features slate roofs, showcasing a Byzantine Romanesque style. It has a west tower with a spire, a nave, and a chancel. The west tower is decorated with brick arranged in a herringbone pattern and topped with a stone broach spire. The round-arched west doorway is flanked by thick stone shafts that support a moulded brick archway, with paired windows positioned above. The nave is divided into five bays by buttresses and includes a northwest porch, which has a round-arched entrance with stepped brick moulding and chevron decoration, supported by cushion capitals on thick stone shafts. The brick chevron decoration continues around the eaves band of the eastern gable. The short chancel features a three-light east window with stone shafts set within a brick interlaced arcade. Inside, the church has a single span with a simple unmoulded chancel arch and a western gallery supported by cast iron columns. The church contains a series of stained glass windows created between 1896 and 1917, likely by the same artist.