Church Of St John The Evangelist

The Church of St John the Evangelist in Taynton is a Grade II* listed building dating from around 1360, featuring a nave and north aisle, with a south aisle added around 1500. The chancel was rebuilt around 1865 by W.F. Poulton. The church is constructed of stone ashlar and has a stone slate roof on the chancel, while the other roofs are not visible.

The structure includes a 2-bay chancel, a 3-bay aisled nave, and a west tower. On the north side, there is a 19th-century stone porch at the center of the aisle, which has a two-centre arch supported by half-columns. The porch features a two-centre arched doorway with a hood mould and a double-leaf door. To the left of the aisle, there is a 3-light window with curvilinear tracery. The clerestory has three 3-light stone mullion windows with cusped lights and hood moulds. To the right of the aisle, there is a 3-light window with reticulated tracery, and the chancel has two lancet windows. The aisle has a battlemented parapet, while the nave has a plain parapet.

On the south side, there is a blocked two-centre arched doorway with a moulded surround to the left of the aisle. To the right, there is a stone 4-light mullion and transom window with cusped lights and a hood mould. Above the doorway, there is a 4-light stone mullion window with cusped lights and a hood mould. There is also a lancet window to the left return of the aisle and 19th-century paired lancets for the organ chamber and vestry. The aisle has a plain parapet, and the clerestory features three 3-light stone mullion windows with cusped lights and hood moulds. The east end of the chancel has a triple lancet window.

The west tower has louvred lancets at the upper stage and louvred 2-light rectilinear-tracery openings at the top stage, along with a battlemented parapet. Inside, the chancel has a 2-bay 19th-century arch-braced collar truss roof, while the nave features a 3-bay Perpendicular roof with moulded ribs and gilded bosses, likely restored in the 19th century. The nave arcades consist of two two-centred arches on fluted piers, and there is a two-centre arch leading to the tower. To the left of the chancel arch, there are steps leading to the rood screen. An elaborate 15th-century octagonal stone font is also present.