Church Of St John The Evangelist

The Church of St John the Evangelist is a church built in 1907 by Sir Robert Lorimer. It features mixed red and orange Penrith sandstone with coursed rubble walls, topped with graduated greenslate roofs that include lead rainwater heads and downspouts. The church has a 3-bay nave with a south porch and a square, two-storey south tower, alongside a single-bay chancel that has a north vestry. The chancel is marked by a battered gabled porch with pointed inner and outer arches. Windows are designed in 2- and 3-light configurations, with a notable 5-light window in the west wall. The battered tower includes a narrow round-arched doorway and a projecting angle turret, while square bell openings are adorned with almond-shaped fretwork beneath shaped battlements. A buttress on the west gable features a datestone. Inside, there are no fixed pews, but the church boasts fine woodwork, including linen-fold panelled doors, a barrel-vaulted panelled ceiling, and a linen-fold panelled pulpit. One window contains figurative stained glass created by Morris & Co. in 1906. Although this church is not listed in Christopher Hussey's book on Lorimer, a brass inscription plate identifies the architect and the patron, Joseph Harris of Brackenburgh.