Church Of St Saviour

The Church of St Saviour is a parish church dating from 1863-64, designed by RC Sutton of Nottingham. The spire was rebuilt in 1955. The church is constructed of rockfaced stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs, executed in the Gothic Revival style.

The building comprises a chancel, vestry, a nave with aisles, and a south-west tower with a spire. Externally, features include a plinth, string course, buttresses, coped gables, and pointed arched windows largely containing two lights with geometrical tracery. The chancel has a five-light east window and a single window on each side. The vestry, located to the north-east, has a single window. The nave clerestory has ten round windows within spherical triangles on each side. The west end features two windows above a central round window. The aisles incorporate four windows and single windows in their west ends. A pointed arched doorway under a coped gable is located in the north aisle to the west. The three-stage south-west tower is topped with a broach spire carrying a tier of lucarnes. To the west of the tower is a pointed arched recess under a gable, containing a pair of doors flanked by a central shaft, surmounted by a traceried round window. The bell stage displays quoins, and two segment-arched recesses with single pointed arched bell openings are present on each side.

Inside, the chancel features a moulded arch with a blue brick band and hood mould, along with respond details. A roof with arch bracing rests on corbels. The east end contains traceried panelling, a reredos dating from 1913, and a stained glass window from 1904. An arch provides access to the organ case on the north side, while a doorway is on the south side. The nave’s five-bay arcades consist of round piers and chamfered arches with polychrome brick bands and hood moulds. A hammer beam roof is supported by shaft corbels. A blind arcade occupies the west end and holds commandment boards. The aisles have lean-to roofs, pointed arches at the east end, doors to the west, and patterned stained glass windows dating from 1896. A south-east window was added around 1864. Original fittings include stalls, desks, benches, a communion rail, a round ashlar pulpit, and an octagonal font with a spire cover. A brass eagle lectern was installed in 1880. Memorials include a three-panel alabaster war memorial from 1921.