Church Of St George

The Church of St. George is a parish church dating from the medieval period, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed primarily of flint, with ashlar and brick dressings, and has pantile, plain tile, and lead roofs. The church comprises a west tower, a nave with a south aisle and south porch, and a chancel.

The west tower is of 13th and 14th century origin, featuring a stair turret to its south-east corner. The ground floor of the tower has a single 2-light Decorated window with mouchettes, and a 13th-century loop window to the south. The upper floor has single cusped lancet windows on three sides, while the bell stage has 2-light cusped Y-traceried openings and a crenellated parapet. The south aisle has one lancet window to the west, a plain chamfered and roll-moulded south doorway, three restored 2-light Decorated windows, and a 3-light east window with six mouchettes and a dagger finial. The south porch has a pair of 14th-century traceried oculi on each side, each composed of three trefoils, and a plain chamfered entrance arch. Four 15th-century 2-light clearstorey windows illuminate the nave. The north side of the nave has three large 3-light panel-traceried Perpendicular windows, with embattled transoms beneath 4-centred arches; a smaller 2-light window in the same style is positioned above a plain north doorway. The 13th-century chancel has two lancets to the north and a triple lancet arrangement to the east. The south wall of the chancel incorporates two lancets, flanking a priest's doorway, a blocked leper's window below the westernmost lancet, and a later 2-light cusped Y-traceried window.

Internally, a 4-bay Early Perpendicular south arcade features plain-chamfered orders on slender piers, with opposed half shafts supporting the inner orders while the outer orders are carried down uninterrupted. A plain chamfered tower arch comprises three orders, dying into responds of triangular section. The chancel arch is 15th century and rests on triple shaft responds. A 13th-century double piscina is located in the chancel, featuring deeply moulded trefoil arches, supported on colonettes with bell capitals. Scoinson mouldings are present on the triple lancet east window, consisting of narrow shafts with bell capitals and shaft rings. A 14th-century piscina and credence shelf are in the south aisle, resembling a 2-light window with blind Decorated tracery and a transom shelf. The church’s hammerbeam roof, originally 15th century, was repaired and reconstructed in the 17th century. The hammer beams are 17th century, with 15th-century arched braces. Collars have short king posts rising to a ridge purlin. Some original heavily moulded purlins and several 17th-century chamfered replacements exist, including 17th-century principal rafters incorporating 15th-century braces. A single section of intricately carved 15th-century wall plate remains, alongside several original carved bosses. The chancel roof is ceiled, but may contain some medieval elements. A 15th-century chancel screen has painted dado panels, tracery, and contemporary choir stalls. Exceptional late medieval nave and aisle pews have traceried backs, carved poppy-head ends, and mutilated armrest carvings. A 17th-century polygonal pulpit features a fluted frieze, along with a later clerk's desk. A late-medieval rustic alms box is present, secured with metal straps and provision for three padlocks.