Church Of The Holy Rood

The Church of the Holy Rood is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 13th century and later, with a 19th-century chancel. It is constructed of ashlar and features a west tower, nave, aisles, and chancel. The tower has three stages, with decorative bands, battlements, and four bell openings that have Y tracery and hood moulds. There is a west window with Y tracery and external steps leading up to the sill. The tower arch may date back to the 13th century.

The aisles are supported by stepped buttresses, with the north aisle having three three-light mullion windows—two with pointed arches and one with a curved arch. The hollowed chamfers are notable, and there is a north door and a two-light northwest window. The south aisle features an early 20th-century south porch and a southeast window from the 19th century with curvilinear tracery, along with other windows that have hood moulds, although their tracery has been removed.

The 19th-century chancel includes buttresses and a plain tile roof, with a twin lancet east window and additional windows featuring curvilinear tracery. The parapetted nave has a four-bay Perpendicular clerestory with simple two-light mullions. Inside, there is a four-bay arcade supported by octagonal piers and double chamfered arches. The final bay of the nave and aisle has been blocked off to create vestries. The nave has a simple low-pitched truss roof with a plastered ceiling, while the chancel has a boarded four-sided roof.

In the south aisle, there is a cusped arched niche and two incised slabs from the 15th and 16th centuries. The north aisle contains a fine raised incised slab dedicated to Raphe Leeson, who died in 1587, along with two wives.