Church Of St Bartholomew

The Church of St Bartholomew is an Anglican church with origins dating back to the Norman period, featuring elements from the 14th, 15th, and 18th centuries. The majority of the building was rebuilt in 1885-86 by F Preedy. Norman masonry remains within the chancel. The south tower comprises three stages; the first stage and lower courses of the second are 14th century, while the upper courses of the second stage and the third stage date to the 15th century. The church is constructed of sandstone ashlar, with some brickwork in the chancel, and has plain tiled roofs with ridge cresting.

The church includes a nave, north aisle, chancel, south tower, and a late 19th-century north-east vestry. The south doorway is accessed through the tower, the lower stage of which is limestone, while the upper section is sandstone with a limestone parapet. Diagonal buttresses, a plinth, and a string course define a simple moulded archway. A 2-light Decorated window is located in the upper storey, with a stair turret in the western angle. Decorated windows on the south and north walls are part of the 1885 rebuilding. Coped gables with finial crosses are present on the west side. A small, narrow west door features a double-chamfered arch and hoodmould, beneath a Decorated window. A projecting, late 19th-century vestry with a chimney is located to the north.

The chancel features coursed white and red sandstone, with buttresses on the centre and angles of the east wall. Stone and 18th-century brickwork are at the apex of the gable. The east window is 2-centred with simple Y tracery, likely from the late 18th century. Two oval memorial stones with no visible inscription are located on either side of the window. A small, round arched window from the 12th century is found in the south wall of the chancel.

The interior, faced with red sandstone during the 1885-86 rebuilding, retains a section of the original medieval wall material near the south doorway. The north aisle arcade features alternate cylindrical and polygonal shafts, with clustered shafts leading to the chancel arch. The nave has an arch-braced roof springing from corbels. An early font base with cable decoration is present, though the bowl is a 19th-century replacement in a similar style. A carved wooden eagle lectern and a late 19th-century polygonal pulpit and seating are also notable features. The east end has been re-ordered. Royal Arms and a hatchment are located in the north aisle. Several late 18th and early 19th-century memorials are situated around the south doorway, including a marble tablet commemorating Mary and John Adams (erected 1783), a slab commemorating Betty and John Benbow (d. 1805 and 1820), and a memorial to John Zachary (d. 1802) featuring a wide obelisk with crest and arms.