Church Of St Laurence

The Church of St Laurence is a parish church with origins dating back to the 11th and 12th centuries, and significant additions and alterations made in the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries. A north aisle was added in the 16th century, and the church was restored by Bodley and Garner around 1872. It is constructed of squared coursed stone with a plain tile roof over the nave and chancel. The roof of the north aisle and tower are not visible. The church comprises a 3-bay chancel, a central tower, a 2-bay nave, and a 7-bay north aisle.

The north side of the building features a two-centred arched doorway with a plank door, located to the right of the centre of the nave. There are three-light stone mullion windows positioned centrally on the north aisle and at the east and west ends. A further three-light stone mullion window with Perpendicular lights is located to the left of the north aisle, while a two-light stone mullion window with lancet lights sits to the right. A plain stone parapet runs along the north aisle. The east end of the chancel is distinguished by a four-light window with Curvilinear tracery.

The south side has a 19th-century porch to the left of the centre of the nave, featuring a plank door set within a two-centred archway. Two three-light windows with intersecting tracery are centrally positioned on the nave. Two-light stone mullion windows with lancet lights are located to the right of the nave and to the left of the chancel. A four-centred arched doorway is centrally located in the chancel.

The west end is characterized by a Tudor-arched doorway with a hoodmould and a plank studded double-leaf door. Above the doorway is a five-light window with Perpendicular tracery. The tower features Y-tracery louvred openings on each side of the bell-chamber, topped by a battlemented parapet.

Inside, the church features a three-bay arch-braced collar-truss roof with arch-bracing to the common rafter trusses, forming a barrel vault. A late 17th-century altar rail is present, constructed of turned baluster balustrade. A 15th-century wood screen divides the north aisle, with plain panels at the bottom and quatrefoils at the top. The north aisle has a flat roof with 19th-century painted decoration to spine and cross beams. A two-centred chancel arch rests on octagonal half-columns, while the crossing has two-centred arches supported by shafted crossing piers. A 15th-century stone pulpit stands in the crossing, featuring tracery panels on its sides. The nave has a two-bay wood barrel-vaulted roof. The arcades on the north and south sides consist of two two-centred arches supported by octagonal piers.