Church Of St John The Evangelist

The Church of St John the Evangelist is a parish church built between 1887 and 1890 by Sir T G Jackson for Lord Ashburton. It is constructed of knapped flint with stone dressings and has an old plain tile roof. The church is situated on a site with a significant slope to the east and features a large perpendicular style chancel built on a crypt, an octagonal eastern end, a nave with a south porch and a north aisle, and a tall tower.

The chancel includes buttresses at the corners topped with pinnacles and battlements, along with stone flush-work at floor level. Its windows are designed in a 2-light perpendicular style. The nave features 3-light perpendicular windows and a gabled porch with battlements on either side, supported by diagonal buttresses. The north aisle also has flushwork detailing.

The tower is designed in the Somerset style, characterized by diagonal buttresses with pinnacles, battlements, and flushwork at the top stage. It includes a southeast corner stair turret that reaches the second stage and has pairs of large louvred 2-light mullioned and transomed bell openings on each face.

Inside, there is a rood-stair turret leading to a stone pulpit. Other fittings are contemporary to the church, including a perpendicular font with a suspended cover. There is a monument to the last Henleys, the 1st and 2nd Earl of Northington from 1786. Under the tower, there is a large monument from 1848 by Westmacott Junior dedicated to the Baring family, located below the door to the vault rendered in stone.