Church of St John the Evangelist

The Church of St John the Evangelist, built in 1825 with a chancel added in 1874, is located on Berrygate Lane in Sharow, North Yorkshire. The nave and tower were designed by civil engineer George Knowles. The church is constructed of ashlar stone and features a grey slate roof. It has a wide three-bay nave with a tower at the west end and a south porch. The chancel consists of two bays, with a chapel on the south side and an organ and vestry on the north side, all designed in the Perpendicular style.

The tower has four stages, featuring a trefoil-headed window on the third stage and a three-light trefoil-headed belfry window, both adorned with flat hood-moulds. It is supported by corner buttresses and topped with an embattled parapet. The nave has three bays with stepped buttresses and an embattled parapet, and it includes three-light Perpendicular windows. One window is partly obscured by a small gabled porch that has corner buttresses, a double-chamfered arch, and a double door with wide boards and strap hinges. The chancel features two bays with two-light early Gothic-style windows, while the east window is a three-light Perpendicular design.

Inside, the nave boasts a fine gold-embossed panelled timber roof. The chancel has a tiled floor and contemporary choir stalls. A memorial to George Knowles, who died in 1853 and designed the nave and tower, is located on the south side of the nave. This memorial is made of marble and features a relief carving of a broken bridge and a weeping willow tree, created by T Milne of London. The east window, originally from the nave and moved to the chancel when it was added, was painted by George Hedgland, who also painted the west window of Norwich Cathedral. A printed sheet detailing the church's history, published around 1960, is held in the National Monuments Record.