Church Of Saint Oswald

The Church of Saint Oswald is a Grade II listed church built between 1877 and 1878 by architect J.P. Pritchett. It features sandstone masonry with ashlar dressings and a Welsh slate roof. The church has a southwest tower, a four-bay aisled nave with entrances on the west and south, a transept, a two-bay chancel with a south chapel and vestry, and a single north organ bay.

Designed in the Gothic Revival style, it reflects early 14th-century architecture with Early Gothic decorations inside. The west entrance has double plank doors set in a pointed surround with two orders of arches featuring roll-moulding on nook-shafts with foliate capitals, topped with a hoodmould that has face stops. Above this is a four-light window with geometrical tracery. The five-stage embattled tower has angle buttresses with offsets and a plinth. The south entrance at the first stage includes a pointed plank door within a surround with roll-moulding on pilasters, accompanied by a two-light window with geometrical tracery.

The nave, transept, and chancel are supported by buttresses with offsets and a plinth, featuring two- and three-light traceried windows. The nave clerestory has a quatrefoil window, while the transept includes rose windows on each gable end. The chancel has a trefoil-headed priest's doorway to the south with a plank door and a five-light traceried east window.

Inside, the nave boasts a hammer-beam roof, while the chancel has a panelled roof. The pointed arcades are adorned with roll-moulding supported by short piers with foliate capitals on plinths. The pointed chancel arch is set on columns with similar capitals. There is a double arch between the chancel and south chapel that features a quatrefoil at the head. The church includes two sedilia, and the arch to the north chancel aisle is partly blocked by the organ. The font is square on plan, supported by four piers and a stepped base, with naturalistic decoration.