Church Of St George

The Church of St George is a parish church dating back to the 12th century, with significant extensions and alterations in the 13th century and 1686, a restoration in 1863, and further extensions in the early 20th century. The church is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, and has machine-tile and shingle roofs.

The west tower is of three stages, topped with a timber broach spire. It has a roll-moulded and battered plinth. The belfry features a two-light square-headed window on each side. The first stage has semi-circular headed windows on the north and south walls. The west wall entrance has a re-set 12th-century semi-circular head of two chamfered orders, above which sits a 13th-century lancet window.

The nave, of three bays, is divided by 14th-century stepped buttresses with diagonal corner buttresses. Two outer bays contain windows; the west window has two cinquefoiled lights with a quatrefoil under a two-centred head with a weathered label. The eastern window has three trefoiled lights and tracery under a two-centred arch with a label. The south door is blocked, while the north door is from the early 14th century with a two-centred head and label. The north porch is timber-framed, with close-studded walls and open balustraded windows. The gable end has arch-braced tie beams, with two balusters below the collar, bargeboards, and a finial. The tie beam is inscribed with “1686/RS”. The chancel, originally 13th-century, was rebuilt in 1863. The north wall, divided into two bays, has an early 20th-century organ chamber to the west with two trefoiled lancets, and a 13th-century lancet to the east. The south wall has three trefoiled lancets above a flat-roofed 20th-century south vestry. The east window comprises two lancets, with a small trefoiled lancet high in the gable. The south vestry has a window with three trefoiled lights to the west and a single similar light to the east, all under square heads, flanking a Tudor-arched door with a square label.

Inside, the 13th-century tower arch is two-centred, with two chamfered orders. Above it is the rere-arch of a 12th-century window and the line of an earlier, narrower nave roof. The 14th-century chancel arch is two-centred with two chamfered orders, moulded imposts to the inner order and a label with head stops. A 20th-century lancet window provides a view from the organ chamber into the nave. There are two painted corbels in the nave walls, carved as heads, apparently supporting what was once the rood. The chancel has a (probably re-set) south door with a semi-circular arch. A piscina is located in the south-east corner, featuring a two-centred head. The nave roof is 19th century, with six bays; the three central trusses have arch-braced tie beams with struts to the collar and king-post above. The chancel roof is of two bays, with a cusped collar truss, with canted ashlar pieces and scissor-bracing to the common rafters. The church furnishings include 19th-century pews and a three-tiered pulpit of panelled woodwork with an arcaded central tier. The font is 12th century, of the Hereford School, with a cylindrical bowl featuring a nine-bay arcade, each bay containing a figure, one identifiable as St Peter with key. Fragments of 14th-century stained glass are embedded within the north-east nave window, including depictions of a priest and a female saint.