Church Of St Augustine

The Church of St Augustine is a parish church located on Sookholme Lane, with origins dating back to the early 12th century, and further developments in the 13th and 14th centuries. It underwent restoration in the 20th century. The church is constructed from coursed and squared rubble with dressed stone, featuring ashlar dressings and a concrete tile roof with coped gables. There is a single side wall stack.

The nave consists of two bays and is supported by gabled diagonal buttresses at each corner. On the south side, there is a 15th-century triple lancet window with four-centred arched heads and a square chamfered reveal. To the right, a 14th-century double lancet window with a hood mould and a single mask stop can be found. The west end features a central restored shouldered doorway, above which is a 14th-century double lancet window with a hood mould and mask stops. The north side has been mostly rebuilt.

The chancel, which is a single bay, has two gabled diagonal buttresses on the east side. The east end includes a central 12th-century round-headed window flanked by two similar windows at a lower level. The south side has a 14th-century double lancet window with ogee heads and a square-headed reveal.

Inside, the nave has a restored queen post roof supported by two 15th-century cambered moulded span beams and curved brackets on corbels, along with a single foliate boss and a carved head. The round chancel arch, dating from the 12th century, features double roll moulding, chamfered imposts, and shafts with simple leaf capitals. The chancel has a 19th-century queen post roof.

On the north side of the chancel, there is a restored square aumbry to the east, and a half-round bracket on the east end. The south side features an early 14th-century cusped-headed piscina to the east, with a broken 14th-century stone bench with arms to its right.

Notable fittings include a 14th-century eggcup font with a round stem, 20th-century chairs, a desk, and a bookstand, along with a lectern from 1982. There is a 17th-century framed chest with chip carving, a 17th-century bobbin-turned chair, and an altar rail with Gothick tracery from the early 19th century. Additionally, a pair of late 19th-century oil lamps are mounted on brackets.