Parish Church Of Saint Nicholas

The Parish Church of Saint Nicholas is a church with origins in the 14th century, but mainly dating from the 15th century. It features coursed limestone in the tower, with brown cobblestones and freestone used elsewhere, along with ashlar dressings. The church comprises a chancel, a north vestry, a nave, a south porch, and a west tower.

The chancel has a plain parapet and a moulded plinth, with a three-light east window that was restored in the early 20th century. The south wall contains two three-light windows, with the southeastern window's sill extended to form a seat, and to the east is a 13th-century trefoiled piscina recess. The north wall has a blocked window and a 19th-century doorway leading to the 19th-century vestry.

The nave features an embattled parapet, with doorways on both the north and south sides. Each wall has two three-light windows located east of the doorways. The north wall also has a smaller two-light window to the west of the door, while the opposite south wall contains a two-light window from the 14th century. The south porch has a plain parapet, with the outer archway renewed in the 19th century, and small square-headed windows on the west and east walls.

The west tower is divided into three stages, with diagonal buttresses and a restored embattled parapet. It has a pointed-arched west doorway within a square head, topped by a window similar to those in the nave. The top stage features two-light transomed windows on each side, while the north and south sides of the middle stage have small square-headed two-light windows.

Inside, the east window from 1902 incorporates fragments of 15th-century glass. The church has a 15th-century octagonal font, partly restored in the 19th century, decorated with shields, tracery, and floral patterns on the panels. The chancel contains a wall monument from 1643 to Jasper Fisher, a rector, along with floor slabs for other rectors, including Thomas Watson from 1657 and Thomas Rolt from 1695. The 15th-century roofs have been recently restored but retain much of their original timbering, including carved bosses and brackets, with figures of angels on those in the chancel.