About our church building

St John's Church was built in 1846 but was almost totally destroyed by fire in 1902. It was rebuilt within a year. The fire was caused by sparks from the coal fired heaters that were originally installed and happily gas was installed in 1925 and electricity in 1947. The east window is modern and was installed in 1963. Designed by Karl Edwards, it was paid for by public subscription and features the risen Christ separating the "sheep" from the "goats". The two bells were re-hung in 1987 and are rung every Sunday morning to call the village to church. The stained glass window of St John the Evangelist was installed in 1989 and there are many other interesting windows in the church. At night the church is floodlit and people can sponsor a month's floodlighting in memory of a loved one.