Church Of St Anne

The Church of St Anne is a parish church built in 1844 by architect J.C. Trubshaw and extended in 1854 by Ward and Son of Hanley, with the support of H.H. Williamson. It is constructed from rock-faced coursed stone and features a tiled roof with verge parapets and a bellcote at the west end. The church has a Neo-Norman style, comprising a tower, nave, and chancel.

The nave, designed by Trubshaw, consists of four bays separated by two-stage buttresses, each bay containing three round-arch windows. It has corbelled eaves and a string course at cill level, along with a gabled porch at the west end. The chancel is a small, lower section with one bay, featuring an east window with three round arches, the center arch being taller and all adorned with zig-zag ornament.

The tower, designed by Ward, showcases an Iconoclastic Romanesque style and is positioned at the north-east of the church, dominating the site. It has a square plan and consists of three stages with set-back buttresses leading up to the bell chamber. The tower includes grotesque-head corbels beneath a zig-zag frieze and widely projecting gargoyles under a solid spire, which has a scalloped finish that imitates tiles. Each face of the tower features two pairs of lucarnes, and there is a circular stair turret on the north-east side topped with a cone-shaped roof. The bell chamber has two-light round-arch openings, with two on each face, separated by columns in deeply-set reveals. Additionally, there is a round-arch window on the north side and a round-arch door on the west side, which is embellished with elaborate low-relief carving in the tympanum inscribed with "VICT 1854."