Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist, dating back to around 1150, began as a private chapel built by the de Aula family of Yaverland Manor. Later additions include 13th-century windows by the Russell family, 15th-century Perpendicular chancel windows, and features reflecting the building's transition to a parish church. In 1889, Ewan Christian added a north aisle, organ chamber, vestry, and bell turret. The church is constructed of stone rubble with a tiled roof.

The nave consists of two bays and the chancel is smaller and lower, also comprising two bays. A north aisle, a south porch, and a bell turret are also present. The west gable of the nave has three 19th-century lancet windows and buttresses. The east gable features a 19th-century cross-shaped saddlestone. The south side displays a window with a cinquefoil-headed light and a hood moulding, along with a further 19th-century double lancet with a circle above. The north aisle incorporates cinquefoil-headed lights. A doorway dating from around 1150 has a single order of columns and a tympanum with a small chip carved repeat pattern. The arch features an unusual motif of raised radial bars, and the hoodmould has a zigzag pattern, with a human mask set above it. A mass dial is carved into the left-hand side of the doorway, and a consecration cross is carved on the right jamb. The south porch, dating to around 1889, has a stone base and wooden upper section with cinquefoil-patterned lights. It is topped with carved bargeboards and a Tudor-arched door with trefoils in the spandrels. The chancel has two double cinquefoil-headed lights and a 19th-century cross-shaped saddlestone to the apex of the gable. The bellcote at the west end of the nave has a square base with a louvred bell chamber displaying trefoil heads and a broached shingled spire surmounted by a cock weathervane.

Inside, a 15th-century pillar piscina is located by the south door. A 12th or 13th-century octagonal stone font is also present. Ewan Christian designed the arches to the north aisle, with the end arches being octagonal and the central ones circular. The church features 19th-century roofs. A Norman chancel arch has a single order of columns with zigzag decoration above the arch. A 15th-century hagioscope is situated south of the chancel arch, and a triple window with cinquefoil heads within a Tudor arch sits above the chancel arch. There are remains of stairs leading to the roof loft. The chancel contains a piscina with a shelf to the south of the altar, likely dating to the 19th century. A marble and mosaic reredos by C.E. Ponting, featuring figures by Frampton, is also present. Windows in the south wall of the nave were created by Hardman, while windows in the west wall of the nave, depicting St Raphael and St Gabriel, were produced by Burlison and Gryll, and a window in the east aisle was made by Wailes and Strang.