Church Of St George

The Church of St George is a church built between 1914 and 1915 by R Basnett Preston. It features random rubblestone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs, which have stone-coped gables topped with finials. The design combines Romanesque and vernacular revival styles, characterized by buttresses, a corbel table at the eaves, and both single and paired round-arched windows. The structure includes a chancel and nave combined, a north transept and vestry, a northwest porch, and a west baptistery apse. The east end has a wheel window above blind arcading, while the north side features a paired window with a stack above, a door to the transept, and two windows at the transept end with a round window above. A projecting gabled bellcote is located just below the gable apex. The nave sides have paired windows, and the north porch has a small window to the north and a round-arched doorway to the west, flanked by shafts and featuring a cross in the tympanum. The curving baptistery apse has two windows and a triple-light round-arched window above.

Inside, the chancel has stone panelling on the sides, double sedilia, and an aumbry. The altar table, communion rails, choir and vicar's stalls, and pulpit all exhibit Romanesque detailing with decorated shafts. The chancel and nave are topped with Cyprus wood barrel vaulted roofs. A recent glazed screen at the west end of the nave allows a view into the baptistery, which contains a Norman style font and stained glass windows. This small but high-quality church presents a unique and austere blend of Romanesque and vernacular styles, reflecting the period in which it was built during the First World War.