Church Of St Laurence

The Church of St Laurence is a parish church dating from around 1250, with the nave and aisles rebuilt by Joseph Lattimore and restored between 1886 and 1887. A north vestry was added in 1914. The church features coursed limestone for the chancel and tower, while the nave and aisles are constructed from lias ashlar with cement parapets. The roofs of the chancel and vestry are tiled, while the nave and aisles are covered with slate.

The church consists of an aisled nave, chancel, west tower, north porch, and southwest and northeast vestries. The chancel has a moulded plinth on the east wall and angle buttresses. It contains trefoiled lancet windows, with three on the south side and two on the north. The late 19th-century east window features three stepped lancets and foils, with detached shafts inside. The aisles have limestone plinths and buttresses, along with four straight-headed windows that each have three arched lights. The north porch includes a double-leaf round-arched door with a hood mould.

The tower is built in two stages, with a heavily battered plinth and a massive southeast buttress on the lower stage. It has a renewed round-headed west window and a second-storey south window with two very small round-headed lights. The bell stage features single trefoiled straight-headed openings and is topped with a crenellated parapet on a moulded cornice.

Inside, the chancel boasts a 19th-century panelled wagon roof and an early English style chancel arch from 1886. The nave has three-bay arcades supported by round piers and arches, along with a simple king post roof. The walls of the nave and aisles are finished with whitewashed plaster. A two-centred tower arch reveals the former roof-line above.

Notable fittings include a reredos from 1865, 19th-century altar rails, encaustic paving, and stained glass. Monuments within the church include a bust with a coat of arms for Lady Stepwith, dated 1655, on the south wall of the chancel, as well as several 18th-century wall monuments located in the aisles.