Church Of St Gregory The Great

The Church of St. Gregory the Great is a parish church dating from the 14th century, featuring a square west tower, nave, and chancel. The porch, which also dates from the 14th century, includes a parvise chamber above it. The tower is constructed of unknapped flint and has diagonal stepped buttresses made of flushwork and stone quoins, with a chequered pattern in the flushwork at the base and battlements. The nave and chancel are finished with random flint and have stuccoed surfaces, topped with slated roofs. The nave and chancel are supported by red brick stepped buttresses, some of which include flushwork. The south porch is built of knapped random flint and features diagonal stepped buttresses, a slate roof with stone kneelers, and windows that are mainly rectilinear and restored from the 19th century. The east window of the chancel is a late 18th-century wooden design. The west door to the tower, dating from the 14th century, has a square label mould with decorated spandrels above a two-centred pointed arch. The nave roof is arch-braced and showcases an interesting construction style. Inside, there is a traditional 15th-century octagonal font supported by four lions at the stem, with symbols of the four evangelists alternating with lions on the panels around the bowl. The south wall of the chancel features a 14th-century cusped piscina. Additionally, the north wall of the chancel contains a recessed tomb from the 14th century, which holds a full-size figure of a former Rector, John Chaperson, who died in 1349. This tomb is adorned with a boldly cusped and crocketted ogee arch flanked by pinnacled shafts. The church also includes plain box pews and displays the arms of George III.