Church of Saint John the Baptist

Parish Church. The church largely dates to the late 15th century, incorporating some earlier stonework. A baptistery was added in 1825, the north aisle was widened in 1844 as part of a restoration by John Whichcord, an organ chamber was built in 1889 by J D Sedding, and vestries were added over and to the north of the chapel in 1961.

The church is constructed of knapped flint with stone dressings. Some stone was used for the lower walls of the chapel, and the chancel is rendered. The roof is tiled. The church comprises a chancel, a nave with a west baptistery, a south tower with an entrance porch beneath, a north chapel, and a north aisle, which was doubled in width in 1844 and to which the vestries abut to the east. The nave, north aisle, and tower were refaced in 1844, when the top of the tower was rebuilt with machicolations. The windows are mostly 15th century, typically featuring two cinquefoil lights under straight heads.

Internally, the arch to the chapel dates to the 14th century, while the chancel arch and arcades may also predate the recorded 15th-century rebuilding. The chancel features a two-bay arcade, and the nave has a three-bay arcade significantly restored between 1844 and 1847. The chancel contains medieval tiles and a mosaic pavement installed in 1896. The church contains numerous fine fittings by Sedding, including the organ case (for an organ dating to the 1860s), a pulpit, linenfold panelling, chancel pews with poppyheads, and a rood screen, originally 15th century and repositioned as a parclose screen in 1991. A reredos was added in the 1930s.

The east window is by Herbert Bryans, dating to 1901, and he also designed the small south-east window. A south window is by C E Kempe. The chapel contains resited brasses, and three windows include early 16th-century stained glass figures reset in modern quarries after 1945. The north-west window of the chapel includes glass possibly by Willement.

The nave contains a western gallery, possibly dating to 1825 or shortly thereafter, supported by cast-iron columns. A low, narrow baptistery was built as a vestry in 1825 and adapted in 1912. A late 15th-century font is also present, along with late 19th-century pews. The west window features figures by Herbert Bryans in mid-20th-century quarries. Nine late 18th and early 19th century hatchments are found in the chancel and nave. The north aisle includes two windows by C E Kempe, 1896, and one by Powell of Whitefriars. Bryans designed the two windows in the porch. Numerous memorials are present, including the tomb chest of Samuel Lennard, who died in 1618, and the wall monument of Margaret Hobbes, who died in 1608, depicting her with a stillborn child.