Church Of St Edmund

The Church of St Edmund is an Anglican church built in 1900, designed by W Carby Hall. It is constructed of dressed stone with red tile roofs.

The exterior features windows with reticulated tracery, including a large five-light Gothic Revival window at the east end of the chancel. North and south nave windows are set within depressed arch recesses between panelled buttresses. There are north and south porches at the west end, built of stone and incorporating heavy moulded pointed arches. The west end has a projecting gable, and stone crosses sit atop the gable apexes. A very large but squat, unfinished, southeast tower is present, lower than the nave and topped with a pyramidal roof. Diagonal battered buttresses terminate in their own tiled hipped roofs. The south side of the tower has a two-light segmental-headed recess containing a Perpendicular traceried window and a carved niche between. A chapel is located on the south side of the chancel, with an octagonal stair turret in the angle, featuring an open traceried top stage and a very short stone spire with a finial.

Inside, the church displays six-bay nave arcades with very tall, double chamfered arches that die into octagonal piers and responds, with single shafts supporting each roof truss. Narrow, two-light clerestory windows are positioned above. Simple pointed arches define the passage aisles. The roof is a fine example, designed to imitate stone vaulting. A recessed baptistery is located at the west end, featuring a tall double chamfered arch and an octagonal alabaster font from 1910, with brass relief panels depicting the Nativity, the Martyrdom of St Edmund, and the Baptism of Christ. An ornate carved wooden font cover was added in 1914. An ornate carved alabaster pulpit with integral steps, ornate iron balusters, and a wooden tester, donated in 1908 in memory of James Hare, is also present. The chancel is raised with a pointed moulded chancel arch and plain transept arches. Reredos, choir stalls, and the organ all feature linen fold panelling. The church holds stained glass, including pieces by James Powell & Sons.