Church Of St Philip

The Church of St Philip is a parish church, built in the late 19th century and opened for services in 1893. It was described as still unfinished in 1899, with three bays at the early 20th century converted into a parish hall. The church is likely the work of the architect John Oldred Scott. It is constructed of red brick with squared and coursed flints, ashlar dressings, and a slate roof, with a lead roof to the Lady Chapel's polygonal apse and wooden shingles to the fleche. The plan includes a six-and-a-half bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a Lady Chapel, a vestry, and an entrance on the south front.

The exterior features diaperwork brick on flint above the clerestory windows, which are linked by a continuous entablature, with chequerboard ashlar and dressed flint below. A flying buttress of painted brick connects the south aisle and nave, and a chequerboard parapet tops the aisles, punctuated by paired lancet windows. The gable-fronted priest's porch has diaperwork brick on flint, while the east end has setback buttresses, chequerboard stone and flint, diaperwork brick on flint, and a relieving arch over a three-light East window flanked by blind arcades. A two-light window is on the west end.

The interior features chequered brick and ashlar work in the nave. The chancel roof is ceiled, while the nave has a flat, open rafter roof with asbestos sheeting, and the aisles have monopitch rafter roofs. The pointed chancel arch is of brick, chamfered in three orders. A three-and-a-half bay arcade with round, banded stone piers carries pointed arches. The Lady Chapel is separated from the chancel by a five-bay arcade. The nave and aisles have a matchboard dado with a modillion-moulded rail. The west end upper portion is glazed, with a large mural occupying the lower half of the wall. Other features include a brass eagle lectern, late 19th-century six-branch candelabra, carved angels surmounting columns forming a curtain railing around the altar, and a stone font with clustered marble columns. Stained glass is in the East window. The church is furnished with chair seating. The Lady Chapel and parish hall were not inspected. The church is considered a fine example of its type. While John Oldred Scott is credited as the architect, his obituary in The Builder in June 1913 makes no mention of this church.