Church Of St Alban

The Church of St Alban is a church built between 1894 and 1896 by architects Aston Webb and Ingres Ball. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and has a slate roof, showcasing a fine Perpendicular style. The church features a four-bay nave, aisles, a narthex, transepts, and a very shallow choir that remains unfinished. There is a low octagonal turret with a spirelet located at the north transept. The windows exhibit Perpendicular tracery.

Inside, the church has a striking brick polychromy in red and yellow, complemented by stone dressings that are now painted. The interior includes wide arcades and aisles, with octagonal piers that have unusual capitals featuring eight facets offset from the shafts, adorned with ogee cusps at the intersections. Notably, there are no bases on the piers, possibly due to a raised floor. The clerestory has paired square-headed windows with a continuous timber lintel, divided by timber columns. The arcade and clerestory create a screen across the ends of the transepts. The roof is a fine king post design, and there are finely moulded arches on the east side of the transepts, which are blocked. The transept ends have five-light windows with reticulated tracery, where the main mullions rise to meet the window heads. Additionally, there is a later organ loft at the west end. Despite its incomplete state, the church displays a level of originality.