Church of St John the Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist in Great Bolas is a Grade II* listed building, with the nave rebuilt and a west tower added between 1726 and 1729 by John Willdigg. The sandstone chancel likely dates back to the medieval period. The nave and west tower are constructed of red brick with stone dressings and feature a tiled roof.

Architectural details of the nave include a moulded stone eaves cornice, rusticated quoins, a moulded plinth, and three windows on both the north and south sides. These windows have pilasters and round arches with keyblocks in the eaves cornice, as well as moulded sills with brick aprons. There is also a small moulded stone bullseye window on the north side. The west tower, built at the same time, shows signs of alteration due to a reputed fire, particularly in the bell stage. It features brick corner pilasters, string courses, pilastered bell openings with moulded round arches and keystones, and a parapet with stone at the corners. Below the belfry are bullseye windows with keyblocks. The wide west doorway has a moulded architrave and a round arch with a keyblock, which contains a fanlight and panelled double doors. The sandstone chancel has a round arched east window with seemingly reused mouldings, a south window with two lancets set in a chamfered round arch, and a chamfered round arched south doorway.

Inside, the church features a complete set of 18th-century fielded panel box piers in the nave, which are said to have been brought in. There is also an 18th-century fielded panel pulpit with a tester, an 18th-century gallery in the tower with a balustrade across the tower arch and an entablature beneath, an 18th-century panelled dado, and an 18th-century communion rail. The choir pews have early 17th-century ends and 18th-century panelled fronts, with a square front dated 1843. The chancel roof is modern, while the nave roof is plain and plastered.

The churchyard contains many 18th-century headstones and tomb chests.