The Anglican St John the Baptist's Parish Church dates from 1794, but a chapel was built in the 12th century by monks of Lindisfarne.

The Grade II* listed Barmoor Castle, a castellated Tudor-style country house, is about a mile to the west of the village.

The Scottish congregation, in existence since 1662 when it was formed by Reverend Luke Ogle, is one of the oldest non-conformist in England.

[4] Barmoor Castle, a country house about a mile to the west,[4] was built in 1801 by Patterson of Edinburgh in the castellated Tudor style using older materials.

Three storeys high, with a four-storey central porch tower and six-panelled door, with several oval-shaped rooms in the interior, it became a Grade II* listed building in 1986.