Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist, built between 1878 and 1879 by J Birtley of Kendal, is a Grade II listed building located on Morass Road in Beckermet. Constructed from dressed stone with ashlar dressings, it features a slate roof with tile cresting. The church comprises a nave, a south-west tower, a north aisle, a west narthex, and a chancel with a north vestry and a south organ loft. The building has coped gables, and the 4-bay nave includes 2-light windows on the south side. The octagonal tower at the south-west corner has flat gabled buttresses, straight-headed louvred bell openings, and a pyramidal roof. The lean-to narthex has two pointed lights above and a window with three elliptical-headed lights, along with a Tudor-headed north door and nook shafts. The lean-to aisle features paired lights with shouldered lintels. The chancel has a weathered base and sill course, a 3-light east window, and two lancets on the south side. The gabled organ loft includes two lancets and a rose window on the south, with a west entrance featuring a flat gable, an east lateral stack, and two 18th-century headstones. The lean-to vestry has an east entrance with a shouldered lintel and three lights with a shouldered lintel on the north side.

Inside, the church has a 4-bay arcade supported by octagonal and round piers, with spandrels and walls above made of polychrome brick and stone, featuring a block letter inscription. The chancel arch includes an inscription around it and a traceried screen dating from around 1920. There is an arch leading to the organ loft with a wall plate extending across the recess. Above the altar, there is a block letter inscription of the Ten Commandments, along with some Anglo-Danish cross fragments and Victorian royal arms.