Church of St Theobald

The Church of St Theobald is a building dating to the 11th century, with subsequent medieval additions, and which was severely damaged in the 19th century. The church is constructed of flint, both knapped and rubble, with dressings of ferruginous conglomerate and reused Roman brick in the voussoirs. The chancel roof is clad in pantiles.

The church consists of a nave with 11th-century north and west walls, a 11th-century chancel likely extended in the 13th century, a 12th-century round west tower, a 14th-century south aisle, and a porch probably dating to the 15th century.

The round west tower has a distinct batter and four single-light belfry openings with rough semi-circular arches of flint rubble. The west side of the lower floors has two loops, one with an arched lintel. The east side features the former west window of the nave, later blocked, with brick voussoirs and double splayed reveals. A subsequent tower arch has been reduced in size and contains an arched doorway with reused brick in the jambs and a vertical plank door.

The roofless two-bay nave has large conglomerate quoins. The north side has a large shallow-arched window opening followed by a door with stone quoins and 16th-century brick voussoirs. A fragment of early 13th-century dogtooth moulding is incorporated into the west wall masonry and may have been part of the St Theobald shrine. The roofless south aisle is almost as wide as the nave. Its two-bay arcade has an octagonal central pier with similar responds, all with moulded bell capitals, and arches of two chamfered orders, the inner one of moulded brick. The aisle includes two simple lancet windows with internal dressings of medieval brick. The remains of a holy water stoup incorporating Roman brick are located to the left of the south door.

The roofless south porch is of knapped flint and has an arched doorway with attached circular shafts and re-set decayed label stops. The east and west windows have cusped heads. The chancel was walled off from the nave in the 1860s and includes a re-set stone arch opening. It has conglomerate buttresses at each end of the east wall, and two 19th-century flint and brick buttresses with one offset on the north and south walls. The east wall features a 19th-century three-light Perpendicular-style window with a relieving brick arch above. A 13th-century single lancet is found on the south wall and a blocked lancet on the north wall.

Inside the chancel, the walls are whitewashed and the roof is a king post pattern with raking struts, soulaces, and butt purlins.