Church Of St Fabian And St Sebastian

The Church of St Fabian and St Sebastian is a parish church that dates back to the medieval period and was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott around 1879. It is constructed of flint with stone dressings and features a thatched roof. The church includes a west tower, nave, south porch, north chancel chapel, and chancel. The late Perpendicular tower was rebuilt from the nave eaves level in the 19th century and has a plinth, diagonal buttresses, and a polygonal stair turret on the north side. The west window has two lights with Perpendicular tracery, and there are 19th-century rectangular sound holes and two-light belfry openings. The tower is adorned with a string course featuring gargoyles and a battlemented parapet with crocketed finials.

The nave has three bays with two-light Perpendicular windows and set-back buttresses. The north doorway is Perpendicular with wave moulding and contains some original tracery and boards, while the south doorway is also Perpendicular. The gables of the back stepped parapet are notable, and the south porch has a Perpendicular entrance with two-light windows that have flat heads on the north and south sides. Above the doorway is a crocketed ogee niche that contains a figure. The church has a 15th-century arch-braced roof and a stone parapet gable with a classical carved stone kneeler on the east side.

The north chancel chapel, dated 1877, has one window and an entrance door, octagonal buttresses, and parapet gables. The chancel consists of two bays with a central priest's door and two-light windows featuring 'Y' tracery, along with a 19th-century Decorated three-light window and a parapet gable. The interior from the 19th century is well-preserved, showcasing a barrel roof and crown posts on medieval battlemented tie beams and a cill plate. There are piscinas in the north and south nave walls with cusped ogee heads, and the chancel arch features circular shafts. A 19th-century crown post truss with arch braces connects the wall posts to the tie beam, separating the chancel from the sanctuary. There is a 19th-century opening and screen to the north chancel chapel, which contains monuments to the Albemarle Cator family, along with a restored medieval screen featuring ogee arched Perpendicular tracery and four medieval benches with poppy-heads.