Church Of St Nicholas

The Church of St Nicholas is a parish church that dates from the medieval period and later. It is constructed of rendered flint with ashlar dressings and has plain tiled roofs. The church features a nave with a south aisle, a north porch, and a chancel that includes a mausoleum on the north side.

Notable architectural elements include two fine 14th-century two-light Decorated windows in the south aisle, which have mouchette and dagger-filled vesicas, and two two-light Y-traceried windows on the north side of the nave. The chancel has five Y-traceried windows with carved label stops, while the tracery of the three-light east window is modern. The easternmost three-light south window is made of timber but retains its original reveals.

The Berney family mausoleum, dating from around 1750, is made of ashlar and features an oculus on each face (blind to the east and west) with four raised keystones. The northern oculus is set within a pedimented aedicule with rusticated pilasters, and the mausoleum also has rusticated quoins, a moulded cornice, and a parapet.

The church includes a 15th-century south arcade with three bays, faceted quatrefoil piers, and hollow chamfered arches. There is a surviving rood stair to the north and a 14th or 15th-century chancel arch with polygonal responds. The late 13th-century chancel has eight splayed Y-traceried side windows, some of which are blocked but still visible internally, featuring shafted divisions and continuous deeply carved hood-moulds with label stops.

Additionally, there are remains of an important early Renaissance terra-cotta canopied tomb from around 1525 located in the chancel. This tomb has four bays divided by pendant capitals, recessed panels with Renaissance decoration, and candelabra pilasters, though the chest has been destroyed and the canopy is blocked.