Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist is a parish church located in Granborough, with its nave and chancel dating back to the 14th century, altered in the 15th century. The west tower, also from the 15th century, underwent repairs in 1983 and has been extensively restored between 1880 and 1881. The church is constructed from coursed rubble limestone, with larger semi-dressed blocks used for the tower. The nave features a lead roof, while the chancel has a tiled roof.

The west tower consists of three stages and is supported by diagonal buttresses. It has a moulded plinth, a battlemented parapet, and two-light openings for the bell chamber. The west side of the tower includes a moulded doorway with a four-centred arch and a two-light traceried window above it. The nave has late 15th-century windows, with a three-light window in the eastern bay and a two-light window in the western bay. The south side of the nave features an additional two-light Decorated window positioned to the right of the center. Both the north and south doors have two-centred arches and hoodmoulds adorned with worn carved head stops. The chancel has one bay of two-light Decorated windows, a small cusped lancet window on the south side, and a door on the north side. The eastern window of the chancel is a three-light Decorated window.

Inside, there is a double hollow-chamfered arch leading to the tower. The nave contains a double-sided piscina with ogee arches in the reveal of the southeast window, and the roof features a moulded tie beam inscribed with "RSBF 161(9?)5 IF." The chancel arch is double chamfered, with the inner order resting on semi-octagonal piers with moulded caps. The chancel also includes a cinquefoil piscina and a roof with 15th-century moulded wall-plates and a tie beam.

Notable fittings in the church include a 15th-century pewter chrismatory, a carved alabaster panel of the Crucifixion from the 15th century, an altar table dated 1625 by Annis Hopper with turned baluster legs, a 17th-century chair, and a panelled door to a cupboard in the north wall dated "RS 1735 GS." The church features late 19th-century glass and other fittings from the same period.