Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist is a mainly 14th-century church, with earlier elements dating back to around 1300. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble with freestone dressings, and has Welsh slate roofs. The church was restored in 1872 and 1908. The building comprises a nave, north and south aisles, a chancel with a north chapel and vestry, and a west tower, all dating to around 1300. The nave features square-headed two-light clerestory windows. The north and south aisles contain windows of around 1300, with intersecting tracery and three-light lancets set under a segmental pointed arch. Some 13th-century materials have been reset into the south aisle. The chancel has a large, restored east window of five lights with intersecting tracery, three large south windows with Y tracery, and a small, square-headed window with three pointed lights. The north vestry has a window with bar tracery and a foiled circular design. The west tower has diagonal buttresses in three stages; the first stage has two-light west windows, the second stage has trefoiled circular windows, and the third stage has bell openings with Y tracery. The tower is topped with a broach spire featuring two tiers of lucarnes and a ball flower frieze. A south porch was added in 1876.

Inside, the early 14th-century north and south arcades have four bays, with thin octagonal piers. The east bays of the south arcade are largely of 13th-century origin. The chancel arch is double-chamfered, with richly moulded respond capitals. The chancel also features an early 14th-century double piscina and early 14th-century sedilia, both under a segmental arch. A circa 1300 stone seat is set into the north wall of the chancel. A 15th-century rood loft staircase remains, along with a lower part of a screen in the north aisle. Bench ends are adorned with poppy heads and luncarne heads. Brass memorials from the 16th and 17th centuries are present. A 13th-century coffin lid is found in a tomb recess within the tower. The font is from around 1300 and features a panelled octagonal bowl and a shafted stem. A memorial to John Forster (1752) exists, consisting of a tablet with a bust above.