Church Of St Aidan

The Church of St Aidan is a Grade II* listed building, dated 1718 above the entrance, with a transept added in 1907 by T. G. Jackson. It is constructed of stone and features a stone slate roof. The church has a 4-bay nave, a transept, and a re-sited apse. The nave is adorned with a flat Doric pilastrade and an Ionic entablature, topped with an embattled parapet featuring urns. The round-headed windows include triple keystones and 3-light reticulated tracery. The west front showcases paired pilasters at each end, with a triglyph frieze above. A Doric porch supports a turret with Ionic angle pilasters and entablature, while a clock face is positioned above a 3-light straight-headed window with reticulated tracery. The bell is housed in a cupola on Tuscan columns, surrounded by four urns, and topped with a ball finial and weather vane. The entrance features an architrave and overlight. The north transept has a hipped roof and two two-light windows, while the south transept includes a 4-light window with two king mullions and a foundation stone. The round apse was dismantled and reconstructed in 1907, featuring three windows similar to those in the nave, with the central one being an insertion. The facade mirrors that of the nave but includes a balustrade. A wall tablet commemorates Rev. H. Walley, who died in 1748.

Inside, the church has round-arched arcades supported by Doric columns on high plinths and a tunnel-vaulted roof. A west gallery rests on slender iron columns, and the original side galleries were removed around 1907. There is an 18th-century brass chandelier in the nave, and the organ is located in the north transept, while the south transept serves as a chapel. The apse features a fluted Corinthian flat pilastrade and cherubs in the frieze. A painted board in the nave commemorates the rebuilding that took place from 1717 to 1718. The church also contains some stained glass windows and is recognized as a good example of an early Georgian church.