Church Of Saint Everilda

The Church of St Everilda is a building of early 12th-century origin, significantly altered and rebuilt during the late medieval period, and further modified in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It is constructed from limestone rubble and ashlar, with some sandstone displaying signs of burning, and a brick wall bond on the north wall of the nave. The roof is covered in Welsh slate.

The church comprises a 2-bay nave, a 2-bay chancel, and a north vestry. The west front features a pointed doorway, likely dating to the 19th century, above which is a 2-light trefoiled window, flanked by diagonal buttresses. On the south side of the nave are a single narrow trefoiled window to the west and two 3-light trefoiled windows to the east. A single narrow trefoiled window is located on the north side of the nave. All nave windows are set within square-headed frames. A gabled bellcote is situated at the junction of the nave and chancel. The chancel's south side contains a small trefoiled window to the west, a tall blocked round arch containing a 2-light trefoiled window in a round-arched frame, and a lower blocked round arch with a later 2-light square-headed window above. The north side of the chancel features a vestry with a round-arched doorway and lancet windows on its east and west facades, as well as a blocked lancet on its north side. The east end of the church has a 3-light trefoiled window in a square-headed frame.

Inside, the east window contains reset 14th-century glass. The outer lights have early 14th-century glass depicting composite figures within architectural settings. The central light is of later 14th-century material and depicts a crowned female and a mitred bishop. The glass was restored and releaded in 1956.

The chancel contains three significant 17th-century wall monuments. On the south wall is a monument to Ursula Hutton (circa 1640-50), depicting a kneeling man flanked by two women (one with a child, the other with a baby), framed by Tuscan columns supporting a broken pediment, with a Latin inscription below. A monument to Anne Hutton (died 1651) shows a bust of the deceased leaning on a cushion, hands in prayer, flanked by raised panels with a pediment and three figures above, accompanied by a Latin inscription. The monument to Thomas Hutton (died 1620) depicts the deceased kneeling beneath a round-arched canopy with a dentilled frieze, supporting an achievement of arms flanked by putti, with a worn Latin inscription below. All monuments were recently restored and repainted. A cross with a chalice and missal is incised in the east wall of the vestry, believed to be a priest's monument from the 13th century. A gallery was added to the north and west sides of the nave in 1778.