Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist is a parish church dating from the 13th century and later, with restoration work completed in 1860. It is constructed from random flints with stone dressings, featuring stone quoins only on the tower, and has slate roofs. The church consists of a continuous nave and chancel, a south porch, and a west tower. There is evidence of significant medieval alterations to the structure, including an extended chancel and raised roofs.

On the south side of the nave and chancel, there are four restored 2-light windows with flowing tracery. Above the arch of the south-west window, two blocks of reused stone display Norman chevron ornament, possibly from a blocked north doorway. The north side has three lancets, with two being 19th-century insertions, while the chancel features a 13th-century lancet. The east window is a 3-light design with 19th-century memorial glass, and the stonework was donated by King Edward VII while he was Prince of Wales.

The small, unbuttressed 15th-century west tower has a crenellated and stepped parapet with flushwork. The south doorway features an ogee-moulded continuous arch beneath a hood mould. The interior has been Victorianized, with plastered roofs and a moulded timber cornice in the nave, while the chancel has applied wooden ribs. There is no chancel arch, but the junction between the nave and chancel is marked by an unusual carved timber decoration in the ceiling, featuring droplets and a wheel at each end, one adorned with mouchettes and the other with daggers.

A 15th-century octagonal font, decorated with alternating Tudor roses and blank shields around the bowl, is supported by four seated lions around the stem. In the south pier of the tower arch, there is a long recess for a banner stave locker. Near the south door, there is a Jacobean bench with Ionic poppyheads at the ends, and the Royal Arms of William IV is displayed on the north wall.