Architectural Features
Gargoyles, castellated parapets and crocketed pinnacles.
Detail of the western tower of Saint John the Baptist Church in Penistone. As well as conveying rainwater away from the church walls, gargoyles were often cut into grotesque forms serving to ward away the spirits of evil.
Good nave roof, arched-braced to figure-head corbels and with elaborate bosses (c1375).
Octagonal bowl-shaped font on square pedestal.
Monuments in chancel, north side: 1708 shaped marble tablet with scrolled support and scrolled open pediment and bust flanked by the ox and oak trees of the Bosvile crest