Church Of St Bartholomew

The Church of St Bartholomew is a church built between 1847 and 1850 by J. Clarke. It was seriously damaged by fire and significantly rebuilt in a reduced form by the Buttress Fuller Geoffrey Alsop Partnership in 1988. The main parts of the building that remain largely intact are the embattled west front and west tower, along with the aisle walls and arcades. The walls are constructed of sandstone rubble, and the roof is covered with slate.

The four-stage tower features a polygonal stair turret that rises above the eaves, adorned with grotesques and battlements. It has diagonal buttresses with flint and brick panels and bands at all levels. The south side of the tower has an arched doorway in a square-headed surround with a hoodmould. The second and third stages contain rectangular lancets with tracery and hoodmoulds, while the belfry has transomed three-light louvres with tracery in the heads. The west end features a doorway with two orders, spandrels carved with a lamb and bird, a square-topped surround, and a hoodmould. There is also a six-light west window with Perpendicular tracery, and the west end of the north aisle has a transomed three-light window. The nave and aisles have been rebuilt to a square four-bay plan, with the tower situated in the southwest corner.

Inside, some grotesques and other carvings, believed to be by a Mr. Egglesmere who was deaf and dumb, were salvaged from the fire and now serve as corbels within the church. The reredos, designed by Walter Tapper in 1922, was acquired from Christ Church, Cotmanhay, in Derbyshire, after the fire. The church's tower and west front create an impressive sight at the top of the steep path leading to the west door.