Church Of St Wilfrid

This parish church dates from the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th centuries and was restored in the 19th century. It is built of dressed stone, coursed and coursed squared rubble with ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roofs. The church comprises a west tower, nave, north and south aisles, chancel and south porch.

The Tower

The west tower has four stages and dates from the 13th and 15th centuries. It has a deep moulded plinth, three string courses, and a coved eaves band with four gargoyles and spouts to north and south, all restored. The tower is topped by a crenellated parapet with four truncated pinnacles and a weathercock. There are two corner buttresses to the west, which become pilasters above the second stage, with six setoffs. Two plain buttresses to the east, also with six setoffs, are engaged with the aisles.

The first stage contains a 14th-century trefoil-headed lancet to the south and a chamfered 13th-century lancet to the west. The second stage has 14th-century double lancets with cusped heads, chamfered mullions, chamfered and rebated reveals, and hood moulds to both south and west. The third stage has a clock to the west. The fourth stage features four 15th-century double lancet bell openings with cusped heads and billeted transoms, set within double lancet openings with chamfered reveals and coved ogee hood moulds with finials and mask stops. A figure appears in the hood mould spandrel to the west.

Nave and Aisles

The nave has three bays and a coped east gable. The north aisle, also of three bays, has a chamfered plinth and two coped gables. To the west is a restored 12th-century round-headed doorway with chamfered hood mould. To the east are a 19th-century square-headed window with chamfered reveal and hood mould, and further east a large 13th-century style plain lancet with coved reveal and hood mould.

The south aisle has three bays, a moulded plinth and a boarded roof with two coped gables. A diagonal buttress with two setoffs stands to the east. The east end features a restored 15th-century triple lancet with chamfered mullions, chamfered and rebated reveal with square head and hood mould. The south side has two 15th-century triple lancets to the east with cusped heads and chamfered mullions, in chamfered and rebated reveals with four-centred arched heads and coved hood moulds; the western of these has partly restored tracery. The west end has a 15th-century double lancet with chamfered mullions, chamfered and rebated reveal with square head and coved hood mould.

Chancel

The chancel has two bays in two builds, with a chamfered eaves band and coped east gable with cross. The north and south sides each have a single central buttress, 19th-century and 16th-century respectively. The east end has two 19th-century corner buttresses with two setoffs. The north side contains three 13th-century single lancets. The east end features a large 15th-century five-light lancet with cusped heads, panel tracery, chamfered mullions, coved and chamfered head and coved hood mould.

The south side has a string course and an off-centre priest's door with chamfered four-centred arched head. Above are three 13th-century chamfered plain lancets. To the west is a 15th-century double lancet with coved mullions, coved square-headed reveal and coved hood mould.

South Porch

The south porch is 19th-century in 15th-century style, with a moulded plinth, chamfered eaves and two diagonal buttresses to the south with two setoffs. The south doorway has a moulded and chamfered round head, responds with moulded capitals and chamfered bases, and a hood mould. Above is a corbelled niche with hood mould, and above that a coped gable with cross.

Interior

The porch interior has wooden benches, remains of stone benches, and a principal rafter roof with collars. The inner doorway is 15th-century with coved and rebated four-centred arched head and reveal, plus hood mould. Above are the remains of a former gable. The 15th-century south door is weatherstripped, moulded and studded, with a sanctuary ring.

The nave has north and south arcades of three bays dating from the 14th century, with octagonal piers, moulded capitals and bases, double chamfered and rebated arches and hood moulds. The nave roof is 19th-century with principal rafters, arch braces, and collars carrying strutted kingposts. To the west is a 13th-century chamfered doorway to the tower chamber.

The 14th-century north aisle has a plain 19th-century lean-to roof. The 14th-century south aisle was widened in the 16th century. Its east window contains stained glass dated 1859. The western window on the south side has fragments of 15th-century stained glass, including arms. The west end window has 19th-century stained glass. The aisle has a restored 15th-century roof with four moulded arched tie beams and moulded purlins.

The chancel arch is late 13th-century, double chamfered and rebated with hood mould, octagonal responds and moulded capitals. The bases have been restored and are moulded. The chancel, in two builds, has a keeled sill band and single round responds at the junction of the bays. There is a chamfered eaves at the east end. The eastern windows to north and south have shouldered pointed heads and single flanking shafts with moulded capitals and bases. The east window has a single flanking shaft to the south with moulded capital and base; a similar capital and base appear to the north. The east window contains stained glass with arms. The east end has a 16th-century piscina with segmental head to the south. The roof is 19th-century with principal rafters, curved braces on corbels, collars with kingposts, and herringbone matchboarding.

Fittings

The church contains a re-cut 13th-century font bowl, octagonal with Romanesque arcading, on a moulded octagonal 19th-century base and stem. There is a pierced panelled octagonal pulpit from the 19th century on a moulded octagonal base, and a 20th-century wooden lectern with tapered square stem. The 18th-century communion table has turned legs and moulded stretchers. The 19th-century benches are panelled and chamfered. Three 19th-century stalls incorporate re-used 14th-century fleur-de-lys finials and ends carved with birds and beasts. There is a 19th-century cast iron and wood book stand and altar rail. The matchboard organ case with stencil decoration dates from around 1870.

Monuments

The monuments include a Classical style marble tablet with eared and shouldered moulded panel with segmental head, apron with arms, and urn finial to John and Ann Welby, 1779–80. A Classical Egyptian style marble and slate tablet features a sarcophagus-shaped panel with lions' feet and cornice, carrying a truncated obelisk with draped urn and arms, signed "Wallis and Marshall, Newark", to Elizabeth Beevor, 1819. A larger Classical Egyptian style marble and slate tablet has a sarcophagus-shaped tablet, cornice, flanking floral panels and acroteria, with a truncated obelisk above bearing a draped urn, seated female figure and cross, to Henry Huggins, 1824. There is a marble and slate Egyptian style tablet with arms to John Beevor, 1833, and a marble tablet with brass insert from 1887. The church also contains a single 19th-century brass and two 20th-century brasses.