Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist is a parish church located on Main Street in Wasperton. It was built in 1843 by Sir George Gilbert Scott, adapting elements from a church originally constructed in 1736. The church is made of red sandstone and features plain tile roofs. It is designed in the Early English and Decorated styles and includes a nave, chancel, south aisle, south vestry, and a north porch.

Notable architectural features include an octagonal bell-turret at the west end, which is lead-clad and topped with a short spire, as well as a 19th-century timber-framed north porch that contains early 16th-century glass. The windows are decorated with traceried designs characteristic of the style.

Inside, the church has a three-bay south arcade in the Early English style, along with crown-post roofs in the nave and aisle that feature crenellated tie-beams. There are angel corbels in the chancel, and a screen designed by Scott, dated 1845, which is in a style reminiscent of around 1300. The pulpit dates from circa 1600, and the communion rail is an early 18th-century wrought iron piece. The east window is by Hardman, designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin.