Church Of St Wilfrid

The Church of St Wilfrid is a church that dates from the 14th to 15th centuries, featuring a west tower built in 1533 by mason Richard Platt and a chancel added in 1889 by J S Crowther. It is constructed of ashlar stone and has a grey slate roof. The church includes a nave, aisles, and a chancel, along with a 19th-century west porch, vestry, and organ loft. The aisles consist of four bays with cusped three-light windows; the south side has straight-headed windows while the north side features Tudor-headed windows. The clerestory has five bays with simpler two-light straight-headed windows. The chancel has a steeper roof and various windows, including an east window with five lights and intersecting tracery.

There is an open timber porch added around 1900, which is finely panelled and carved in a late Gothic style, complete with a stone plinth and a miniature balustrade of Jacobean design. Inside, the church has a wagon roof with heavy ties and bossed king posts. The interior features a four-bay arcade on octagonal piers, with tall semi-octagonal responds leading to the tower arch and chancel arch. The nave ceiling is notable for its low pitch and cambered tie beams, which are supported by short corbelled posts adorned with figures of angels, likely added in the 19th century. The truss closest to the tower is a hammer beam. The ceiling over the screen is richly carved and inscribed, dated 1500. The chancel has a wagon roof, a carved stone reredos with figures, a small medieval piscina, and numerous wall monuments. The tower gallery features Jacobean-style cresting dated 1683, and there are some faded wall paintings on the north wall of the nave.

Additionally, the present church is believed to incorporate fragments of earlier buildings, with remains of a Saxon church discovered during excavations beneath the chancel arch. It is thought that the earlier chancel and three aisles were added in 1245.