Church Of St Wilfrid

Church of St Wilfrid

Parish church dating from the 13th century with 15th-century additions, substantially rebuilt in 1908 by L. Ambler. The building combines Romanesque and 13th-century styles, constructed in snecked rubble with dressed stone, slate roofs with coped gables, chamfered plinth, coved and moulded eaves, and a single round stone stack. Elaborate lead rainwater heads are dated 1908.

The church comprises a west tower, nave, north and south aisles, vestry, chancel, and north porch. The west tower rises in three stages with deep moulded plinth, two string courses, and dentillated eaves band. It is flanked to the west by two clasping buttresses. The first stage contains a double lancet with shaft and hood mould to the west. The second stage has a stair light and a small lancet to the north with a clock. The third stage features four double lancet openings with shafts and hood moulds. The broach spire, erected in 1863, has a single tier of lucarnes and a weathercock.

The north aisle consists of three bays with three buttresses and three triple geometrical lancets with hood moulds and foliate stops. Its west end has an ogee double lancet with hood mould. The south aisle contains five bays with five buttresses, moulded plinth, and sill band, featuring four ogee double lancets with geometrical tracery and hood moulds. The east and west ends each have a triple ogee lancet with intersecting tracery, with the east end showing two flanking and a single central buttress.

The vestry is buttressed over four bays with four double lancets with geometrical tracery and hood moulds. Its west end has a door with hood mould, and the east end features a geometrical double lancet with steps leading to a moulded doorway.

The chancel spans four bays with moulded plinth. Its east end is defended by two flanking and a single central buttress, and features a Decorated five-light lancet with hood mould. The south side has a central door with hood mould and continuous sill band, flanked by two geometrical double lancets with hood moulds.

The gabled north porch has two flanking buttresses to the north and a moulded doorway with shafts and hood mould. Above is a bracketed canopied niche with a figure. Each side of the porch has a geometrical double lancet with hood mould.

Interior features include a keeled and roll moulded tower arch with filleted responds and leaf capitals. The north arcade spans five bays with a smaller east bay and consists of round piers and responds with plain bases and scallop capitals, supporting moulded round arches. The similar south arcade has octagonal piers and responds with moulded bases and foliate capitals, with moulded and chamfered arches. The nave roof is a double purlin principal rafter design with arch braces on foliate corbels. The north and south aisles have arch braced principal rafter roofs on corbels.

The north aisle has a moulded arch at its east end containing a screen and organ pipes. The south aisle's east end displays a panelled dado and reredos with a stained glass window and brass, circa 1910. The south side contains a war memorial window and brass circa 1920, and two stained glass windows from the mid-20th century.

The chancel features a 14th-century style traceried and crested oak screen with ogee openings. Its north side contains a moulded opening housing an organ in a traceried case. The east end has a panelled dado and elaborate reredos with canopied niches. The stained glass east window dates from 1908. The south side includes a stained glass window signed 'Andrew Stoddart, Nottingham, 1939'.

Interior fittings include traceried and crested stalls, desks, and altar rail with fleur de lys ends, all from 1908. An oak prayer desk, traceried pulpit, and oak eagle lectern date from 1908. A brass eagle lectern was added in 1933. The traceried panelled oak benches with shaped ends are also from 1908. The font is a panelled octagonal ashlar design with clustered shaft stem, created in 1908. A 17th-century oak chest with carving is also present.

Memorials include a re-set slab from 1699, brass shields from 1731 and 1736, and 20th-century brass work. Other monumental inscriptions comprise a marble and slate wall tablet from 1908, an alabaster tablet from 1899, and a brass war memorial panel circa 1920.