Church Of St George

The Church of St George is a parish church built between 1822 and 1823, with later additions. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and has a Welsh slate roof. The church is designed in a classical style, featuring a pedimented liturgical west front divided into three bays by pilasters. A stone portico with a plain entablature is supported by Tuscan columns. The central entrance has paired doors with radial fanlights, flanked by a single 16-pane sash window. Above this is a central Venetian window set in a stone architrave within a segmentally-arched recess beneath the gable apex. Each side of the front has round-arched 30-pane sash windows with flat-arched gauged brick heads, located in full-height segmentally-arched recesses. The return elevations to the north and south each have seven bays, arcaded by giant pilasters. The upper round-arched windows feature radial glazing and are linked by a continuous hoodmoulding, while 30-pane sash windows are located below. The eastern gable includes a central segmentally-arched panel with lunettes on either side. The chancel, which has a Venetian window, and the vestries to the north and south are later additions. The church was originally built as a speculative project and was intended to serve as a Congregational Church.