Church Of St Lawrence

The Church of St. Lawrence is a parish church largely dating to the 14th century, with a west tower and nave. The nave was restored in 1846, at which point transepts were added and the chancel rebuilt. The tower is constructed of carstone and ashlar, while the rest of the building is rendered. It has plain tile roofs.

The three-stage tower, appearing externally as two stages, features stepped angle buttresses. A two-order west door has engaged columns supporting an undercut arch. A restored two-light west window sits above, with slit lights to the ringing chamber’s west and south sides. A string course runs below the two-light arched belfry windows, which are topped by a brick crenellated parapet. A polygonal stair turret is located to the north-east. A gabled south porch has a wave-moulded entrance arch with a square hood mould and label stops. Low side buttressing is present, with a double hollow-chamfered inner doorway featuring a hood on head stops. An arched and moulded north doorway also exists.

The nave is characterized by two three-light square-headed cusped windows to the north and south, separated by stepped buttresses. These features are as depicted in a drawing from 1820. The remainder of the church was extensively altered in 1846. Short angle buttresses define the transepts. The south transept has a two-light plate tracery window. Lancets are present on the east and west walls.

The tall chancel has paired lancets to the south, with an arched priests' door between them. Stepped buttresses are angled to the east. The three-light east window is stepped and sits beneath a blank oculus. The north chancel aisle contains a lancet to the east, paired lancets to the north wall, an arched priests’ door, and two further lancets. The north transept mirrors the south, but the east wall is not pierced by a lancet.

Inside, the tower and crossing arches are double-chamfered. The crossing arches feature semi-circular responds and capitals. The 19th-century nave roof is constructed with large arched braces meeting in the centre of collars, with one tier of through purlins and a ridge piece. The crossing roof is quadripartite. The transept and chancel roofs are similar to the nave. A two-bay double-chamfered north chancel arcade has polygonal responds. The east window has an internal hood mould resting on head stops depicting a king and a bishop. A trefoiled piscina is set within the south chancel wall. Painted Royal Arms from 1670, depicting the reign of James I, are displayed on the south nave wall. A plain octagonal font is also present.