Church Of St Anne

The Church of St Anne is a parish church dating back to 1625, with significant alterations and additions in the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The original building incorporated an earlier structure, with a vestry added in 1715, refurbishment in 1841, enlargement in 1894, and roof restoration in 1956. It is constructed of rendered rubble with dressed stone ashlar dressings, and has a stone slate roof with a plain cross finial to the east and a gabled bellcote to the west.

The church’s plan began as a simple rectangular shape, evolving into an L-shape over time. The north side has an irregular five-window range with mullion windows of varying width: a two-light, a square single light, a three-light, and a two-light. A projecting porch with a coped gable and cross finial features a doorway with a shouldered surround, a plank door with strap hinges and an inner door with a chamfered arched surround and a door hung on gudgeon pins. The east front shows through stones and exposed foundations. A single flat-arched window with glazing bars and 20th-century glass is present. The vestry's east wall is blank. The south side displays an irregular four-window range consisting of a three-light, a two-light, and two single-light windows, possibly mullioned originally. The vestry, cellared and accessed via a doorway in the south-west angle, has a pair of long windows with flush ashlar surrounds to its south-east gable. The west side features a single round window within a segmental frame.

Inside, the church has five and a half bays and an open roof supported by queen post trusses, staggered purlins, and windbraces. The tie beams are heavily adzed, chamfered, and feature stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. The sanctuary has a painted wooden tryptych and a painted ceiling depicting angels, saints, and vines. Fittings include a Saxon font inscribed with the date 1625, reused Jacobean woodwork, and a range of 18th-century wall monuments. Stained glass from the 19th and 20th centuries is also present, including a 1906 Arts and Crafts window on the south side and two windows by J.E. Nuttgens from 1947 on the north side.