St John's Church, Stratford

[1] The church was built between 1832 and 1834 by Edward Blore in the Early English style using grey brick.

The most notable feature is a three-stage tower, surmounted by a spire which is supported with flying buttresses.

The naturalist and social reformer Antonio Brady is buried in the churchyard in 1881; an extension to the chancel of the church was constructed in his memory in 1884.

In World War II, the church crypt served as an air raid shelter for local people, despite bomb damage to the building itself.

[5] Between 1988 and 1994, the church was the "home" of the influential post-rock group Bark Psychosis, who rehearsed in the crypt.