Church Of St George The Martyr

The Church of St George the Martyr was originally built between 1725 and 1726 as a chapel of ease, and was enlarged in 1799, probably with the addition of transepts. It was re-cased in stone between 1843 and 1844, and a tower was likely added during this time. A chancel was added in 1848, and the nave was raised and remodelled between 1884 and 1885 by Garlick, Park & Sykes. The church is constructed of sandstone ashlar with slate roofs.

The architectural style is a simple Romanesque design, evolved from the plain Georgian style of the original building. Before 1884, the nave and aisles formed a single space. The church now has a clerestory with pilaster strips and a corbel table, as well as large circular multifoil windows in each bay. The west front features a small baptistry and a wheel window. The tower/porch has a gabled doorcase, a pilastered second stage with a window, a corbel table, a recessed belfry stage with louvred windows, and a parapet with a central pierced roundel and simple corner pinnacles. The south aisle has three bays with corbel tables and buttresses, and tall windows with stepped reveals. The north aisle has four bays and a doorway matching that of the tower. The transepts have pilaster strips, corbel tables, gable walls with windows, and roundels in the gables. The apsidal chancel also features pilaster strips, corbel tables, and three windows.

Internally, there are six-bay aisle arcades (dating from 1884, replacing galleries) with square waterleaf capitals to the columns and roll-moulded two-centred arches. Tall wall-shafts support semicircular arched trusses under a flat ceiling with painted panels. The interior contains painted murals by C Alnquist of Sweden, which have been recently restored. A twentieth-century gallery has been inserted into the south transept.