Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist is an Anglican church located on Elton Road in Winster. The tower dates from 1721 and underwent alterations and additions in 1840-1842 by Habershon, and in 1883 by A Roland Barker. It is constructed of ashlar gritstone and features coped gables, a moulded eaves band, and a Welsh slated roof. The church includes a west tower, a south porch, a nave with a central arcade, and a chancel with an organ chamber and vestry.

The 18th-century tower has quoins and a chamfered plinth, along with a moulded string course above the ground floor windows and below a plain parapet. The tower windows have segmental heads and stone frames, while a later doorway features a chamfered, quoined surround with a Tudor arched head. The nave consists of four bays, marked by stepped buttresses. The south porch has a banded gable and a stone slated roof. The windows have 'Y' tracery with transoms beneath four-centred arched heads, and hoodmoulds with stops. The vestry and organ chamber gables feature 2-light traceried windows beneath hoodmoulds, and the chancel has a 3-light east window beneath a hoodmould with stops.

Inside, there is a gallery at the west end supported by stone columns. The nave arcade has slender quatrefoil shafts, and at the chancel end, diagonal chancel arches spring from a heavily foliated capital. A stained glass window in the chancel's south wall was created by Burne-Jones (Morris & Co, 1883). The font is notable for its circular bowl on a conical foot, featuring carvings of Romanesque character that appear to be later work due to their crispness.