Church of St Paul

The Church of St Paul is a parish church dating from 1855-6, designed by Benjamin Ferrey. It is constructed of rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings and has plain tile roofs. The church comprises a west tower, a nave with a south porch, and a chancel with a lean-to north vestry, all executed in a Decorated Gothic style.

The west tower features a west doorway with three lancet windows above, a single lancet window to the south, and two-light bell openings, topped with a tiled pyramid roof. The north elevation of the nave has two single-light windows with a trefoil above a cusped lancet, alongside two two-light windows also with trefoils. The chancel north window is a two-light window composed of cusped lancets with an elongated quatrefoil above. The east window is of three trefoiled lancets with trefoils and quatrefoils above. The south side of the chancel has a two-light and a three-light window, similarly decorated, while the south side of the nave features a single-light and two two-light windows mirroring those on the north side. A prominent south porch is distinguished by its long, steep roof.

Inside, the walls are ashlar, and the roofs are arched with scissor bracing and cusped braces in the nave. Moulded tower and chancel arches are present. A mid-19th century font has a circular bowl with tracery motifs, set on a base of clustered shafts. Mid-19th century pews and an organ case are also features. A Gothic style stone and marble plinth exists alongside a Classical style altar and reredos with painted panels depicting saints. Other fittings include wrought iron and brass communion rails, and oak choir stalls. A memorial slab to William Schower, who died in 1495, is incised in the south-east corner of the nave. A tombchest under the tower commemorates Nicholas Agard and his two wives (c1510), adorned with angels holding shields under ogee canopies, plain panels with shields, and a wall tablet dating to c1704, which bears an illegible inscription. Painted decoration surrounds the chancel arch, and metal panels displaying the commandments are placed on either side. Stained glass windows are found in the north nave (c1930, by Westlake), the chancel south-east (c1929, by Kempe & Tower), and the east window (non-pictorial glass, 1856, by Powells).