Church Of St John The Divine

The Church of St John the Divine is an early Gothic revival church built between 1831 and 1836, designed by Lewis Vulliamy. The chancel was added in 1905 by Arthur Grove and features carvings and lettering by Eric Gill from 1905 to 1907. The church is constructed of yellow brick and has a pointed gable at the west end, with low aisles supported by pinnacled flying buttresses on the first bay of the nave. The gable is topped by an elaborate spire. Below the ogee pointed window, there is a gabled door that breaks into its lower parts. The nave contains painted 2-light windows with decorated tracery. The chancel, designed by Arthur Grove, is made of brick with Portland stone dressings and features bands of chequerwork. A central buttress is topped with a scene of the crucifixion. There are chapels on either side with perpendicular tracery. The chancel has a separate roof from the nave, which has a steeper pitch, and the division is marked by an abellcote. Inside, the church consists of a single wide room with a flat roof supported by tracened brackets.