Church Of St Paul

The Church of St. Paul, built in 1837 and altered in 1880, is located on Church Hill in Woodhouse Eaves. Designed by W. Railton, with transepts and other minor modifications by Ewan Christian, the church is constructed from granite and slate rubble stone, featuring dressed stone with a Swithland slate roof and stone coped gables with kneelers. The structure includes a west tower, a nave, transepts, and a chancel, along with southwest and southeast vestries.

The church is designed in the lancet style, characterized by a plinth, stepped buttresses, and hood moulds with foliage label stops. The west tower has three stages, with some rebuilding done in 1903. The west door features a double chamfered arch, with a double lancet window above that contains 19th-century stained glass. A metal clock dial is positioned above, and each face of the tower has triple lancet bell openings, with blank lancet slits on the north and south faces and an additional clock dial on the north face.

Inside, there is a door with a glazed iron grille at the first stage level between the tower and nave. The nave contains three lancets on either side, featuring late 19th-century and early 20th-century stained glass. The roof is of five bays, designed in a false hammer-beam collar-truss style supported by battlemented stone corbels. The north and south transepts have two bay arcades with double chamfered arches on circular piers, with four lancets and a small west door on the north side and three lancets on the south side, both having openwork timber roofs. The stained glass in these areas dates to around 1880.

The chancel arch is moulded and features a hood mould with label stops, supported on either side by small marble columns on fluted corbels. There are two lancets on the north side of the chancel and one on the south side, which includes an organ arch, with stained glass from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The east window consists of three coupled lancets, the center one taller, adorned with marble columns and foliage capitals, showcasing fine 19th-century stained glass. The chancel has a wagon roof and a six-light brass chandelier, with colored floor tiles likely made by Minton. The church also features a contemporary font, a carved pulpit, a brass lectern, and pews. The southwest vestry has a gabled roof, while the southeast vestry, built in 1910, has a flat roof with a parapet. The church occupies a prominent position on a rocky outcrop.