Church of St Wilfrid

The Church of St Wilfrid is a church, likely built between 1582 and 1584 and possibly designed by L. Shipway. The west tower was added in 1867, and the east vestry in 1913-14 by Austin and Paley. It is constructed of stone and comprises a single-vessel nave and chancel, north and south aisles, north and south chapels, a west tower, and an east vestry.

The church incorporates a five-bay nave, a three-bay chancel, the sanctuary bay being slightly narrower, and two-bay chapels continuous with the aisles. The nave and aisles feature cornices and embattled parapets, with pinnacles to the nave and weathered and diagonal buttresses. Four-light windows with Perpendicular tracery are present; those to the aisles are cusped, likely due to a 19th-century restoration, while others are uncusped. A two-storey south porch has a four-centred arch to its entrance, with a label mould raised over an open book displaying biblical text. The first floor has a three-light, double-chamfered-mullioned window. A chancel arch is marked by two octagonal stair turrets with ogival cupolas. The chancel has pinnacles to its parapet and a five-light east window. A south chapel entrance features a wide-boarded studded door and the Standish crest, dated 1878, above it. A paired studded door entrance is on the north side. Rainwater heads are dated 1847 and 1669. The tower has angle buttresses, a three-light west window with reticulated tracery and cusped lancets above. The octagonal bell stage has a broached base with a three-faced clock, two-light traceried louvred bell openings, a cornice, gargoyles, and an embattled parapet, and a spire. The vestry has an embattled parapet and mullioned windows, with a central gablet over a canted bay containing a central plaque.

Inside, the nave and chancel arcades have pointed arches supported by Tuscan columns with plinths; these are believed to represent the earliest use of the order in the country. The roofs have richly moulded beams, with the nave tie beams displaying armorial bearings and a date. The north aisle has ovolo-moulded beams. Plaques are located above the arcades, including one dated 1584, and an inscription of the rector, Richard Moodie, is on a hood stop. Late 19th-century chancel and chapel screens are present. A 17th-century communion rail and a pulpit carved with panels dated 1616 are also part of the interior.

The chancel contains an altar table on eight twisted legs, and two chest tombs: one to Richard Moodie, who died in 1586, which reuses a 14th-century effigy of a monk; and one to Edward Wrightington, who died in 1658, with a good effigy on its tomb chest. A wall memorial honours Edward Dicconson, who died in 1752, a Catholic Bishop; Edward Chisnal, who died in 1653, features a cartouche with trophies and books; and Richard Watt, who died in 1796, is commemorated by a memorial by J. Bacon Jun, showcasing an urn with a profile and weeping women. The south chapel houses bench ends with Standish arms and crest, dated 1627. An octagonal font with tracery panels on clustered shafts is fitted with a tiered baluster cover.

The church is a rare example of a late 16th-century church.