Church Of St Francis Of Assisi

The Church of St Francis of Assisi is a parish church built in 1796, with restorations and gothic enhancements carried out in 1884 by F.R. Wilson. The church is constructed of ashlar stone and features a stone slate roof. It includes a nave, chancel, west baptistry/vestry, north porch, and a west bellcote.

The nave has two bays and a gabled porch on the right side, featuring a round-headed doorway with a keystone and impost blocks. The 18th-century round-headed nave windows are adorned with 19th-century Decorated tracery. The chancel is a single bay with a two-light Decorated east window. The roofs are gabled with flat coping, and the round-arched bellcote is topped with a ball finial.

Inside, the inner doorway is dated 1796, while the rest of the interior dates from 1884. The chancel arch is double-chamfered and rises from corbels that support colonettes with waterleaf capitals. A south window from 1903 commemorates those who died during the construction of the reservoir at Catcleugh, with a brass plate nearby listing the names of 64 individuals who perished between 1891 and 1904. The ceiling is canted with timber and features arched braces on stone corbels, along with false hammerbeams bearing crosses. The sanctuary is decorated with fine encaustic tiles that display geometric patterns and symbols of the Evangelists.