Church Of St Nicholas

Parish church of the 12th century with later alterations and significant 19th-century restoration. The building is constructed of flint rubble and puddingstone with limestone dressings. The west gable apex is timber-framed and plastered, with a weatherboarded bell turret topped by a shingle roof. The roofs are covered with red plain tiles and feature an ornate cross to the east ridge.

The building is small, measuring 45 feet by 16 feet, and comprises a 12th-century nave with an apsidal chancel. The apse contains three windows: the northern a small 12th-century single light with a round head; the eastern a 19th-century two-light window with a segmental pointed head; and the southern a restored single light with a two-centred head. The nave's south wall has a restored 12th-century single light window and a 20th-century single light window. The west wall contains angle buttresses and two restored 13th-century lancet windows. A 19th-century cambered tie beam with billet moulding supports the west gable apex, featuring three curved bracing panels and a central glazed roundel. The north wall has a segmental-headed two-light window with tracery above and a vertical slit.

The 19th-century north aisle contains a west window incorporating a reset 15th-century cinquefoil two-light window with square head and label, plus two single-light windows to the north wall. A restored 13th-century round-headed window and a restored 14th-century doorway with a moulded label and head stops are reset in the east wall. A stone plaque dated 1851 is positioned adjacent to the door. Timber decoration adorns the gable apex with a tile band below. The south porch is 19th-century with a gabled form, flint rubble plinth, and timber supports. Its carved tie beam bears the inscription "Watch and Pray". The entrance features a two-centred arched doorway with flint flushwork above and a tile inscribed with "IHS" and a crown. A vertically boarded door with ornate hinges completes the porch.

Interior features include an apse roof of 19th-century date incorporating old timber, scissor-braced with ashlar posts and chamfered wall plates, with one tiebeam. The nave roof is 15th-century, arranged in two bays with collars to every rafter pair and side purlins above. Two pairs of arched braces support the side purlins, with three collars featuring arched bracing; all roof timbers are 19th-century painted. The bell turret has sunk-chamfered storey posts and braces to the tie beam, supporting five pairs of scissor-braced rafters with side struts. A 19th-century chancel arcade of three bays features sunk-chamfered pillars with segmental pointed arches. A piscina, probably 14th-century with a trefoiled head, retains 19th-century moulded and angled drainage.

Furnishings and fittings include a 19th-century crenellated pulpit with traceried side panels and support columns with moulded bases and foliate capitals. The reredos features 19th-century two-centred and trefoil-headed painted panels, which continue to encompass the stained glass east window with cusping, tracery, and pinnacles above. Altar rails of 19th-century date are trefoiled with columns between bearing moulded capitals and bases. Choir stalls are 19th-century with pierced carving. A floor slab commemorates Thomas Roberts 1680 with shield and arms. There is no chancel arch. A crenellated tie beam with enriched ogee-arched braces supports the rood. The chancel screen has a low central double gate flanked by crenellated, traceried, and crocketed candle holders. Four cusped segmental arches display seven shields between rope and vine carved decoration. A brass to William, Joyce, and Margaret Roberts is dated 1508. The nave font is 19th-century, octagonal and painted, supported by a chamfered base and central columns with eight black marble columns. Red and black 19th-century tiled flooring covers the entire nave.

The church is remarkable for its extensive programme of 19th-century wall and timber paintings executed between 1881 and 1900 by the Reverend E. Geldart, who subsequently resigned his living due to ill health and devoted himself to architecture, particularly church furnishings, fittings, and embroideries.