Church Of St Lawrence

The Church of St Lawrence is a parish church that underwent rebuilding in the 14th century, replacing an earlier 12th-century structure. It features a 17th-century porch and was restored in the mid-19th century, during which a north vestry was added. The church is constructed from coursed and squared sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and has slate roofs. It consists of a west tower, a nave with a south porch, and a chancel with a north vestry.

The west tower has three stages, diagonal buttressing, an embattled parapet, and an octagonal spire. There is a window with a single trefoiled light on the south side of the second stage, and single ogee-headed lights serve as vents in the belfry stage. The nave has three bays, featuring one window with two trefoiled ogee-headed lights and a quatrefoil to the left, and two similar windows to the right of the gabled south porch, which has a chamfered inner doorway. The north side has a similar arrangement, although the door is blocked. The chancel has two bays, with a square-headed window to the left that includes two trefoiled ogee-headed lights, and a single trefoiled ogee-headed light to the right flanking a square-headed doorway with moulded jambs.

Inside, the church boasts a 15th-century trussed-rafter roof and a blocked doorway in the east wall of the nave that once led to a rood loft, with traces of an upper doorway also visible. The chancel arch consists of two chamfered orders, with the inner dying onto responds. Notable fittings include a restored 14th-century font with a hexagonal bowl featuring quatrefoil panels on each facet, and a plain stem and base. The 15th-century pulpit is four-sided, adorned with trefoiled and cusped heads on the panels, along with further traceried details. Monuments include the Hopton memorial on the north wall of the chancel, a wall tablet from 1668 made of sandstone and alabaster, featuring a broken pediment supported by twisted columns with Ionic capitals. It commemorates Edward Hopton, who died in 1668, and his second wife, Deborah Hatton, who died in 1702. Additionally, there is the Taylor memorial on the south wall of the nave, a wall tablet from 1676 with an enriched sandstone border and a cherub head, commemorating John Taylor, who died in 1676. A fragment of wall painting depicting St Christopher can be seen above the south door.