Church Of St Wandregelius

The Church of St. Wandregelius is a parish church, largely dating to 1868, with an early 14th-century west tower that was repaired in the early 16th century and restored in 1868. The church is constructed of flint with ashlar dressings and some brick, with plain tile roofs. It comprises a west tower, a nave, a continuous chancel, and transepts.

The square, unbuttressed two-stage west tower has a 19th-century two-light Flowing window on its west face. Ogeed lancets light the belfry, and the tower is topped with a crenellated brick parapet. A polygonal stair turret is located on the south-east corner with brick quoins. A gabled south porch features a double-chamfered entrance arch and large kneelers, and contains two trefoiled lancet windows. The nave walls contain two trefoiled lancets, while a gabled north vestry, replacing the original north door, has a two-light Flowing window. The south transept has a gabled form, with a two-light Perpendicular window below a cusped triangular window. The north transept is similar, but an arched door replaces the window. The east end is lit by a three-light Perpendicular window.

Inside, the tall, chamfered tower opening has a double-chamfered stilted arch. There is a plain 19th-century octagonal font. The nave roof is of 1868 design, with one tier of butt purlins, collars, and a ridge piece. A 19th-century screen, consisting of two bays to the right and left of a central opening, separates the nave from the chancel, and features much cusped tracery. The transeptal chapel space has a quadripartite timber roof, reminiscent of a design by S.S. Teulon at Brettenham, Norfolk, in 1852.

Significant monuments are present, including a fine Renaissance monument to Edward Ward (1583): Ionic pilasters support a pediment above a strapwork frieze, which frames a coat of arms and a relief depicting Edward Ward and his wife kneeling at a prayer desk, surrounded by their nine sons and three daughters. A plinth to the monument incorporates strapwork decoration. A monument to Sir Randall Ward (1762) features two almost free-standing weeping cherubs flanking an inscription panel, with an achievement in the apron and an open pediment above. A wall monument to Sir Edward Ward (1742), signed by Robert Page, incorporates two marble Corinthian columns, a broken segmental pediment, an inscription panel, and three putti heads in the apron. Lastly, an obelisk monument to Susan, Countess Rosebery (1771) stands above a plain stone sarcophagus.