Church Of St Mary Magdalen

The Church of St Mary Magdalene is a parish church of 1899, with aisles added in 1914 and a tower in 1927, designed by LAmbler for the Duke of Portland. The church is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings, and has slate roofs with chamfered copings to the gables and parapets. The building comprises a nave with lean-to aisles, a north-west tower, a west narthex, a chancel with a north chapel and a vestry. A chamfered plinth runs around the base. The tower features tall gabletted angle buttresses. The west doorway has a moulded arch and hoodmould with foliage stops, leading to a pair of plank doors. A two-light window with reticulation unit is situated on the north side, with an inscribed stone marking the tower's erection date. At first-floor level to the south, west and north are flat-arched two-light windows with cusped ogee lights. Large paired bell openings on each side, each composed of two cusped ogee lights, are also present. A stair turret in the north-west angle has four tiers of small lancets on three sides. The four-bay north aisle is divided by buttresses with two set-offs, and each bay contains a three-light window with through mullions and ogee tracery to the outer lights. A gabled bay to the left has a two-light window with reticulation unit. A moulded doorway provides access to the vestry. The unequal twin-gabled east elevation features a two-light window with reticulation unit in the lower part, and a circular window with two traceried ovals above. A foundation stone is inscribed with the date 1899. The south side of the chancel has two bays separated by a buttress with two set-offs, with two-light windows featuring reticulation units. The south aisle has a similar two-light east window and a doorway with a plain chamfered arch. The four-bay south elevation mirrors the north side. The flat-roofed west narthex has a diagonal buttress at the corner and flat-arched two-light windows to the west and south, each with cusped ogee lights, leading to a west entrance with a moulded arch and a pair of plank doors. Internally, four-bay arcades feature single chamfered arches without capitals. A moulded chancel arch rests on semi-octagonal responds. The roof is a king post design with arched tie-beams supported by corbels. Early 20th-century timber furnishings, including pews, choir stalls, communion rails, an altar with carved panels, a dado and a reredos, are present. A war memorial chapel on the north side contains a carved reredos. An octagonal Dec style font is also a notable feature.