Church Of St Philip

The Church of St Philip is a building of 1911-1913, with a vestry added in 1922, designed by Harry Bulkeley Cresswell, with contributions from Jim Pyment and Alec Miller, and stained glass by Arild Rosenkrantz. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with a pantile roof. The church comprises a nave with an aisle, a south transept, and a chancel with an altar recess.

The south front features a gabled porch with a cambered arch above a relief panel depicting saints and angels flanking a cross. To the right is the nave aisle, featuring four windows of Diocletian form with pointed heads. The transept, also to the right, has a taller window with a blank lower panel. A canted bellcote with a hipped pantile roof and receding offsets to the lower body and cambered arches to the bell opening is situated in the re-entrant angle between the transept and the chancel. The north (ritual east) end has a pointed arch window with two brick mullions. The vestry, added in 1922, is positioned on the west front.

Inside, the nave, chancel, and altar recess have basket-arched barrel vaults. The four arches leading to the side aisle are broad and spring from low down. The font is square, stone, gently flared and raised on a circular stem above a square step. The font rim features a Celtic plate and a rosette on each face. The altar rails, canopied aumbry, credence table, reredos, pulpit, and lectern are crafted from oak and bear carvings by Jim Pyment and Alec Miller, who were formerly associated with the Guild of Handicraft. The eastern window, depicting the Ascension, is a work by Arild Rosenkrantz.

The church is considered a notable work by Harry Bulkeley Cresswell, a talented but relatively obscure architect. It demonstrates an inspired interpretation of Italian Gothic architecture with considerable attention to detail and includes contributions from skilled carvers from the Guild of Handicraft.