St John the Baptist's Church, Allington

The church is constructed in knapped flint and limestone with limestone dressings. The roof is tiled. Its plan consists of a nave and a chancel, and a south porch that rises into a tower. The tower is in two stages with angle buttresses and a pyramidal tiled roof. In the upper stage are two-light bell openings, and at the summit is a crenellated parapet with gargoyles. The nave has doors on the north and south sides, the north door containing the Norman fragments. Along the sides of the nave are two- and three-light square-headed windows. In the chancel are two re-set lancet windows dating from the late 12th or early 13th century, and a three-light east window.[1]

Inside the church, the wall of the nave is rendered and colour-washed; it has a 19th-century wagon roof.[1] The interior of the chancel has stencil and freehand decoration executed in 1876 by Heaton, Butler and Bayne in memory of Revd Fulwar William Fowle, rector of the church for over 60 years.[3] The chancel is floored with encaustic tiles. It contains a sedilia and a piscina.[1] The stained glass in the east window is also by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, and depicts the Crucifixion.[3][1]

The font dates from the 19th century and is a replica of the 12th-century original;[4] its pyramidal pierced cover is from the 17th century. The pulpit is in oak, and dates from the 19th century. There are two pews from the 16th-17th century, and later pews designed to match them. In the porch is an oak churchwardens' coffer from the 16th-17th century with three locks, and a stool dating from the 17th century.[1]