Church Of St John

The Church of St John is a church built between 1869 and 1871 by architect Warr, funded by the Pope family of Toller Whelme. The structure features a south-west tower porch, a nave, and a chancel, with rubble-stone walls and a chamfered stone plinth. The roofs are slate with stone gable copings, and there are two gable crosses located at the nave and chancel.

The tower has stone quoins and consists of two stages, complete with a string course, cornice, and crenellated parapet. The south doorway is a pointed arch with continuous moulding and a label above that features foliage stops, leading to a two-leaf wooden door. The tower includes a cusped lancet window at the ground level and a lancet window at the upper level.

Inside the nave, there are two windows with trefoil-cusped lancets and quirked straight-chamfered jambs. The chancel features an east window with three main trefoil-cusped lights and quatrefoil tracery in the head, along with labels that have square stops. The interior has an aisleless nave with a single rafter roof and a plank ceiling, along with a wooden quatrefoil wall plate. The chancel arch is adorned with two bracket mouldings and a sunk quadrant between them, supported by pyramidal bases. There is a small north vestry with a pointed doorhead.

Notable fittings include a small octagonal stone font with a panelled stem and sunk quatrefoils on each face, containing a metal bowl inside and topped with a small metal canopy featuring a cross. The wooden pulpit has chamfered corners, four wooden steps, and handrails, with lancet panels. The east window contains stained glass depicting the Crucifixion, dated 1868, with an inscription, and a brass plate below the window commemorates the building of the church.