Church Of St Wilfrid

The Church of St Wilfrid is a parish church constructed between 1904 and 1905, with fittings added in 1908 and 1925-26. It was designed by Temple Moore. The church is built of coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings, and has plain tile roofs with coped gables and finials. It comprises a nave and chancel under a single roof, with tall aisles beneath linked roofs of a slightly shallower pitch.

The east front features a low, single-storey porch with a flat roof and two shouldered arch doorways with plank doors, and small windows either side. Above are two very tall, pointed arch windows, each with three lights and panel tracery, separated by a large buttress with set-offs. A circular window with tracery and a hood mould sits within the gable. Projecting square buttresses rise above the gables on either side. The aisles have single, three-light, flat-headed mullion windows with Tudor hoods, and above them single, two-light pointed arch windows with geometrical tracery and hood moulds. A gabled bellcote with a plain tile roof is located at the north-east corner. The north side has a western doorway approached by external steps, to the right of which are two two-light mullion windows. Beyond these are six two-light pointed arch windows with Y-tracery and hood moulds, followed by a round arched, chamfered doorway with a hood mould. The west front has three small central lancets, and above, a tall three-light pointed arch window with intersecting tracery, flanked by single, shorter two-light windows. The south aisle features a shouldered arch doorway and, above it, a two-light pointed arch window with geometrical tracery. The south side contains a four-light segment arched window and six three-light pointed arch windows.

Inside, the church has five-bay arcades with moulded ashlar arches and single shaft responds, plus single shafts rising to moulded wooden roof arches. The nave and chancel have a continuous plastered roof, while the aisles display exposed wooden roofs. A gallery passage runs through the north and south window arches. Wooden screens separate the north-east chapel. The interior also includes wooden choir stalls and an altar with gilded and painted panels. An elaborate wooden pulpit with a tester is present, alongside a stone font supported by six shafts. This church represents a fine example of the work of Temple Moore, a prominent Edwardian church architect.