Church Of St Bartholomew

The Church of St Bartholomew is a parish church that features fragments from the 12th century, with the chancel and nave primarily dating from the 13th century, and some alterations made in the 15th century. It was restored in 1897 and is constructed of dressed stone with a Lakeland slate roof. The church includes a west tower, nave, chancel, and a south porch.

The west tower consists of several building phases, with the lower masonry dating from the 12th or 13th century. It has a low, late Perpendicular west door with a Tudor lintel, and buttresses that date from the 13th to the 16th century. The tower features battlements and crocketed pinnacles characteristic of the Perpendicular style, along with Victorian 3-light bell openings that have Perpendicular tracery.

The 3-bay nave has similar windows from the 13th century. The south porch, which may date from the 16th century, has a plain chamfered round arch and a sundial above that is dated 1764. The south door is from the 13th century, featuring two orders of columns with nailhead decoration in the capitals and a multi-moulded arch. The north wall of the nave has one original lancet window and one Victorian lancet.

The chancel contains a blocked priest's door and one lancet window on the south side, as well as a large 18th-century 12-pane sash window. The east end was lengthened in 1897 and now has three stepped lancets. The roof is gabled, with kneelers and flat coping.

Inside, there is a blocked tower arch with one order of columns, scalloped capitals, and pronounced chevron mouldings in the pointed arch. This arch may have originally been the chancel arch of an earlier church and incorporates 12th and 13th-century fragments in the wall that blocks it. The 13th-century chancel arch has octagonal responds, and there are trefoiled sedilia with slender 13th-century shafts. The 17th-century octagonal font uses an upturned 14th-century capital as its base. A mahogany pulpit with a tester dates from 1797. On the north wall of the chancel, there is a tablet from 1743 with an aedicule and coat of arms for Gawen and Mary Aynsley, along with several notable tablets set into the chancel floor. A medieval grave cover with a foliated cross is used as a lintel for the north lancet.