St John the Baptist Church

Freestanding barn style gable-fronted church, built c.1830, comprising four-bay double-height nave with sacristy to rear (east). Later service extensions to rear. Hipped slate roof with gable to front elevation having tooled limestone bellcote with cross, copings and pinnacles. Pitched artificial slate roofs to sacristy and extensions. uPVC rainwater goods throughout. Lined-and-ruled rendered wall to front elevation having pointed arch statuary niches to front elevation. Rendered walls to side (north, south) and rear elevations having pointed arch recesses to side elevations of nave. Oculus window opening with stained glass window to front elevation. Pointed arch window openings with rendered sills to nave having stained glass windows set in recesses. Blind window openings to north elevation of nave. Pointed arch window opening with render sill to sacristy having timber framed quarry glazed sliding sash window. Pointed arch door openings to front elevation, set within shallow pointed arch recesses. Single and double-leaf timber battened doors with iron strap hinges. Timber battened ceiling to interior with carved timber gallery supported on timber columns to rear (west). Seven-bay single-storey national school to north-east, built c.1845, with projecting entrance porches and extension to west. Pitched slate roof. Roughcast rendered walls. Limestone date plaque to front elevation. Square-headed window openings with uPVC windows. Square-profile piers to rendered and brick enclosing wall flanking wrought-iron gate and pedestrian turn style.

The front facade of this church is unusually ornate for a simple rural barn-style church. The facade retains many fine features such as the ornate pinnacles, bellcote and blind niches. The original doors and nave windows further enhance the appearance and importance of the building. Internally the carved timber gallery is of note, displaying the work of skilled craftsmen.