Edenfield Parish Church

Edenfield Parish Church is a Grade II* listed church built in 1778, featuring a tower that dates back to 1614. The church is constructed from watershot coursed sandstone and has a slate roof. It consists of a west tower, a two-storey nave, and a short rectangular apse. The tower is a simple rectangular structure made of coursed rubble, with short diagonal buttresses at the west corners. It has square window openings at the second stage that have been anciently blocked, with the south side incorporating a stone bearing the raised lettering "LH 1614". The tower also features square belfry louvres and small battlements. Attached to the nave is a single-storey addition with a hipped roof that houses a staircase.

The six-bay nave has a low buttress at the west end on the south side, next to which is a doorway with a plain surround. There is a similar doorway at the east end. The nave has five round-headed windows on the ground floor, each with keystones on massive rectangular heads, and five square windows on the first floor, all fitted with glazing bars and very small panes. In the centre of the first floor, there is a square wall sundial inscribed with "S. AITKEN (LAT.53,37N)C.WARDEN" at the head, the date 1826 on the face, and the legend "TEMPUS EDAX RERUM EST" in a descending semi-circle. The north side mirrors the south, with six windows on the ground floor and five above. The apse features a Venetian window with a datestone above it inscribed "GR III 1778", and the end wall has one square window on each side of the apse, along with a small round-headed window above.

Inside, the church has a three-sided panelled gallery supported by slim iron columns, dating from 1811, although the south side was shortened in 1910 when a new organ was installed at the southeast corner of the nave. The box pews in both aisles are likely from the early 19th century, while the benches in the centre were added in 1870. The flat ceiling is supported by tie beams, with shallow iron braces in the angles and exposed ends of trusses. Various wall tablets, mostly from the 19th century, can also be found inside.

This church is notable for its tower from 1614 and serves as a rare example of an 18th-century chapel of ease, featuring an early 19th-century gallery and some original box pews still in place.