St John the Baptist's Church

St John the Baptist's Church is a Gothic Revival style church with Early English detail, dating to the 18th century. It is constructed of dressed stone with a slate roof. The west tower features entrances on its west face, paired louvred lancet bell openings, corner pinnacles, and a slender spire with lucarnes. The aisleless nave has lancet windows with label moulds, alternating with stepped buttresses. A lower-pitched chancel adjoins the nave, and attached to its south side is an octagonal vestry with a steep pyramidal roof, lit by lancet windows. The nave and chancel have arcaded eaves cornices and crucifix gable finials. The east end features a triple lancet window.

Inside, a stone arcaded gallery occupies the west end, composed of five open arches topped by a parapet with blind arcading. Beneath the gallery, on the south side, is a baptistry containing a stone font with a moulded stem and a circular bowl featuring vigorous foliated carving. An elaborate, crocketted, pyramidal lid is attached to a lifting mechanism supported by a full-height wrought-iron bracket with finely-executed foliated scrollwork. The building has a false hammerbeam roof, with discreet painted decoration in the nave and more elaborate gilded and painted decoration, stencilled panels, painted carved angels in the chancel. A stone chancel arch incorporates an elaborate painted screen with arcaded panels depicting saints, surmounted by open traceried arcading. An organ is positioned on the north side of the chancel arch, and a circular stone pulpit with a moulded base – featuring blind arcading with painted angels – is located on the south side, the pulpit being entered through an arched opening in a stencilled surround built into the east wall. Pews have poppyhead finials.

The interior is largely decorated with elaborate stencilled designs and texts, framing painted scenes between the nave windows. Further painted scenes include "Christ in Glory" over the chancel arch, and "Christ's Baptism" above the east window. The east window is by Powell & Sons, dated 1910, and most of the remaining stained glass is by Troughton, who painted and fired it himself.