Church Of The Holy Cross

The Church of the Holy Cross is a parish church dating back to the 13th century, with subsequent work in the 14th century and a restoration in 1877 by Norman Shaw. It is constructed of coursed rubblestone with ashlar detailing, and has a lead roof with stone coped gables and gabletted kneelers. The church is arranged as a single, long-shaped building incorporating the nave and chancel, with a south porch and a north vestry.

The south side features a deep gabled porch with a parapet and a string course at the base. It has diagonal buttresses and pinnacles, additional buttresses to the sides, and a moulded depressed four-centred arched doorway, above which is a small four-centred arched window. To the left of the porch is a three-light window with a flat arch and segmental arched lights, set beneath a returned hoodmould. To the right of the porch is a two-light window with Y-tracery and a hoodmould with head stops. A buttress marks the division between the nave and the chancel. The chancel has a string course below the windows at sill level. A tall, plain, chamfered lancet window is positioned to the right, alongside a blocked four-centred arched doorway set above ground level. Further along is a two-light flat-arched window with segment headed lights and a returned hoodmould. A re-set head corbel is located beneath the eaves. The three-light east window features a pointed arch and perpendicular tracery, all from the 19th century.

The north vestry has a three-light recessed and chamfered mullion window to the east. Steps lead up to a four-centred arched doorway to the north, and a single light window with a recessed and chamfered surround is situated to the west. The north side of the chancel and nave features a deeply set three-light flat-arched window with segmental arched lights and a returned hoodmould. A 19th-century two-light window with Y-tracery is also present. On the west elevation, a full-height central buttress is flanked symmetrically by two-light pointed-arched windows with transoms; the lower parts are blind and the upper lights are cusped with mullions rising from the apexes of the lights. A gabled double bellcote contains rectangular openings and blind depressed ogee arches above.

Internally, the porch has a pointed stone tunnel vault with three chamfered transverse ribs and stone seats on either side. The south doorway has a chamfered surround and lintel, but is round-arched within. The interior is plain and whitewashed. The nave roof has moulded cambered tie beams with cusped braces. A 19th-century double chamfered chancel arch incorporates a low stone screen. A plain string course runs around the chancel. A 19th-century octagonal font and a wooden pulpit, also by Shaw and featuring linenfold panels on a stone base, are present. A plain pointed arch leads into the north vestry. An aumbry is located on the south side of the nave.