Church Of St John The Baptist, Latton With Eisey

The Church of St John the Baptist in Latton with Eisey is an Anglican parish church that dates back to the 12th and 13th centuries, with significant alterations made between 1858 and 1863 by architect William Butterfield. The building is constructed from limestone rubble, coursed square stone, and some ashlar, topped with a stone slate roof. It features a nave, a west tower, transepts, and a chancel.

The south door, which is from the 12th century, is located in a 19th-century porch and has a chevron arch with a ball-decorated outer hood and chevroned columns. The tympanum above the door is plain with a cambered soffite. The nave has windows with 2 and 3-light intersecting tracery, which were restored in the 19th century. The transepts and chancel, all from the 19th century, have 2-light windows designed in a 14th-century style, while the east window consists of 3 lights.

The tower has four stages, with the lower part being three stages from the early 13th century, featuring small lancets and a shouldered door, also restored in the 19th century. There are pilaster buttresses, with a later angle buttress in the southwest corner that has a sundial at its head. The top stage of the tower is crenellated and includes 2-light belfry openings and gargoyles.

Inside, the nave consists of four bays. The late 12th-century tower and chancel arches are composed of two orders with ball and billet hoods, and the chancel arch has nook shafts. The transepts feature simple round chamfered arches. The roof of the nave is an open timber structure from the 19th century. The chancel, designed by Butterfield, has a central arch that separates the sanctuary, which is defined by closed spaced transverse arches and wall tiling.

Fittings within the church include a plain 19th-century font, a 19th-century oak pulpit with openwork, and chancel fittings that are all from the 19th century. The nave and transept pews are 17th-century panelled oak, although they were cut down in the 19th century. The east window features stained glass by Kempe and Tower from 1911, while the glass in the transepts dates to the mid-19th century. There are no monuments within the church.