Church Of Saint John The Baptist

The Church of Saint John the Baptist is an Anglican parish church with origins dating back to the 13th century, although it was largely rebuilt between 1862 and 1863 by architect T H Wyatt. The church features rubble stone walls with ashlar dressings and tiled roofs, except for the north aisle and vestry, which have slated roofs. The structure includes a nave, a two-bay north aisle, a chancel with a vestry to the north, a south porch, and a west tower.

The lower part of the tower is from the 13th century and was raised in the 19th century, culminating in a saddleback top. There is a string course below the belfry, which has twin lancets with mullions designed as columns. Below the belfry, there are single lancets, and a slit window is located in the lower part of the west wall. The south wall of the nave features a plain 13th-century lancet west of the porch. The gabled porch has a pointed arched opening with two orders, where the inner order dies into the jambs.

To the east of the porch, the transept gable intersects with the porch gable. The south wall of the transept contains a two-light window with plate tracery. The south wall of the chancel has three plain chamfered lancets, while the east window consists of three stepped lancets under a hoodmould that extends as a string course. The vestry, located north of the chancel, has two plain chamfered lancets. The north aisle wall features two pairs of chamfered lancets, and the west wall has two lancets with a circular window above.

Internally, the walls are plastered, and the chancel has a trussed rafter and scissor-braced roof, along with a blocked doorway in the south wall. The chancel arch consists of two orders supported by carved angel corbels. The nave has a trussed rafter roof with additional upper collars, and the north arcade is supported by a circular column with a moulded cap. The tower arch also comprises two orders, and there is a re-set medieval piscina in the transept. In the tower, a tile slit window in the west wall features an inner shouldered arch. The font, dating from the 19th century but styled in the 12th century manner, has a square bowl on a circular base with shafts. All fittings within the church are from the 19th century.