Church Of St Alban

The Church of St Alban was built in 1914, designed by Sir Charles Nicholson. The west end was rebuilt in 1956 after suffering damage during the Second World War, and this work was undertaken by Dykes Bower. The church is constructed of red brick in English bond, with plain tiled roofs and displays a simplified Neo-Gothic style.

The plan comprises a five-bay nave and aisles, a three-bay chancel, a north Lady Chapel, and a south vestry. There is also a west bell tower. The north face of the aisle features five narrow lancet windows with diamond-pattern leaded lights, set under brick header pointed arches and brick sills. Buttresses are located at the far left, far right and centre of the north face. Seven similar clerestory windows are present in the nave. The chancel has three long, narrow lancet windows with flanking buttresses to the central window. A low, flat-roofed Lady Chapel projects from the chancel, featuring two three-light stone mullioned windows with ogee stone lintels, rusticated stone jambs and sills on its front, and one on its west return. To the right of the aisle is a porch with a lean-to roof, housing a recessed two-leaf boarded door with a panelled overlight, set under a brick pointed arch. The chancel has two tall lancet windows on each face, set within a recessed brick face, and a facing stone coped gable. The east face of the south vestry features three small, lancet-headed windows with a lean-to roof and a brick coped parapet. The south face of the nave and chancel have similar lancet windows to the north.

The west face of the nave features a two-leaf boarded door set under a flat concrete lintel, approached by an open arcaded three-bay portico with pointed brick arches. Above the entrance, within a facing gable, is a stone traceried rose window. To the left of the main entrance is a two-stage brick bell tower, the first stage having a lancet window and the second stage featuring two lancet windows on each side, brick dentilled eaves, and a pyramidal roof.

Inside, the nave arcades are characterized by octagonal stone piers and pointed arches. The roof has king post trusses with a slightly pitched panelled ceiling. The aisles have flat panelled ceilings with painted timber beams. The chancel features a square pattern flat timber ceiling with red painted beams and gold leafed decoration at the intersection. Stained glass is present in the west end windows.