Church Of St Edburgha

The Church of St Edburgha is principally of the 14th and 15th centuries, but with origins in the 13th century. It is a substantial sandstone parish church comprising a nave, aisles, transepts, and chancel. The church features a lofty, four-stage west tower of the 15th century, crenellated and topped with a crocketed hexagonal spire, with diagonal buttresses. The south wall of the chancel retains 13th-century fabric, and the south doorway, leading to a 15th-century timber-framed porch, is also of 13th-century build. Extensive enlargement occurred in the 14th century, with the addition of north and south transepts, a largely rebuilt nave, and likely lengthening of the chancel. The tower and north aisle were added in the 15th century. The south wall of the chancel includes a narrow lancet window flanked by a 15th-century two-light window, and an ogee arched doorway. A 14th-century chancel arch is present. The north chancel wall was rebuilt in 1890 when the chancel was lengthened and a vestry added; however, part of the north-east window is likely medieval. The north arcade features three 15th-century splayed arch bays, while the east bay represents the original 14th-century transept bay. The south nave wall windows are two-light, 14th-century, similar to those probably reset in the north aisle. The 15th-century porch over the south doorway has an elaborate traceried oak frame and curved bargeboards. A pulpit, dated 1627, displays 17th-century panelling. A fine west window depicting the Last Supper, created by John Hardman and Company in 1892, is also present. The church contains several fine monuments dating from the 15th to the early 19th centuries; particularly notable is that of the Reverend Dr Henry Greswolde, who died in 1700, located in the chancel. This monument features a pedimented, curtained cave containing marble statues of the parson and his wife, flanked by medallions representing their eleven children and festoons.