Church Of St John The Evangelist

The Church of St John the Evangelist is a parish church with a 13th-century chancel arch and lower stage of the tower, and some 15th-century fabric. The majority of the building, however, dates from restorations in 1857 and 1873, with a porch added in 1902 and enlarged in 1961.

The church is constructed of coursed blue lias rubble with quoins, and has slate roofs with scalloped tiles to the vestry and chancel. Crenellated buttresses mark the two-stage south tower, which contains two-light bell openings with a louvred lancet. A pointed arch south door features a continuous double chamfer and a 19th-century door. The projecting south chapel has diagonal buttresses, two two-light windows, a Tudor-arched priest's door with decorative spandrels, and a Jacobean-style panelled door. The east ends of the chapel and chancel both have two-light windows, and the vestry corridor has a three-light window facing east. A door is located in the re-entrant angle of the projecting vestry block, and the north side of the vestry features a four-light window. The north aisle has three two-light windows, separated by stepped buttresses, and the west front has a two-light window. The porch is single-storey with a parapet gable, double doors, and a lancet on the north return. A four-centred arch doorway with decorative spandrels inscribed "ER1 1902" marks the south entrance.

Inside, the church is rendered. The nave has 19th-century octagonal piers supporting arches to the north aisle, and chamfered arches to the south chapel. The chancel arch is pointed and unmoulded. A hagioscope is present in the chancel wall, while the tower arch is blocked. The church has 19th-century ribbed barrel vault roofs with stencilled decoration within the chancel. A collection of 18th and 19th-century wall tablets are present, along with 19th-century benches, a font, and a finely carved 20th-century pulpit. An wrought iron organ screen depicting The Tree of Life, by J. Horrobin (circa 1970), screens the north aisle. The west window is a Kempe design, dating from 1897. A large blue lias tablet memorializes John Jennings (died 1779) and his wife Mary, with carved cherub's heads in roundels and a pedimented Doulting top, on the south wall of the tower.