Church Of St Wilfrid

The Church of St Wilfrid is a parish church dating back to the late 13th century, with 14th-century elements. The nave and tower were rebuilt in 1763, the chancel in 1835, and the church was restored in 1881. An organ chamber was added in 1888 and a vestry in 1962. The church is constructed of dressed stone and ashlar, with lead, plain tile and slate roofs.

The west tower is of single stage with four buttress setoffs. Openings feature round heads set within Gibbs surrounds. The south side of the tower has a clock face, while the west side has a doorway, an overlight, and a datestone inscribed '1763 M. Pugh, Vicar, Sam Pugh..... Churchwardens'. Above the datestone is a three-light leaded window with wooden mullions, and above that are two louvred openings. The north side of the nave has three buttresses and two double lancet windows dating from 1881, featuring hood moulds. A similar lancet is positioned on the west end. The south side of the nave also has three buttresses and three matching double lancet windows with hood moulds. The chancel has mullioned windows with segmental heads, a blocked window on the north side, and a three-light window on the east side. Fragments of 11th-century carved stone are incorporated into the plinth. The organ chamber is distinguished by a diagonal buttress and gable stack, featuring a double lancet window on its south side. The south porch, dating from the late 19th century, features a 12th-century style doorway with round shafts and a hood mould, topped with a coped gable and a cross. It has two round openings to the west, and the flat-roofed vestry is characterized by its parapet and a single casement window to the north and west. The interior of the porch has a common rafter roof and a 19th-century pointed doorway. The aisleless nave is topped by a 19th-century strutted kingpost roof supported on corbels. A stained-glass window from 1945 is located on the south side. The 13th-century tower arch is chamfered and rebated, with a mid-20th-century screen and balustrade leading to the ringing floor. The tower chamber contains a reset lintel from the 11th century with masks, while the clock chamber holds nine reset carved stones depicting country activities, also from the 11th century. The 13th-century chancel arch, restored, features triple round responds with incised capitals, and a restored pointed opening to the right. The chancel has an 18th-century butt purlin roof, and an east-end stained-glass window from 1905. Fittings include a 17th-century carved table, a round font with blind arcading on clustered shafts, benches, stalls, desks with shaped ends, a wooden double lectern, an octagonal panelled pulpit, and a donations board dating from 1833. Monuments include a brass in an alabaster frame (1686), three 19th and 20th-century Classical wall tablets, three marble tablets (1822, 1830, and 1856), two 20th-century brasses, a large marble war memorial tablet with a scrolled broken pediment (1918), and a war memorial brass in a wood frame (1945).