Church of St Augustine

The Church of St Augustine is an Anglican church built between 1872 and 1873 by William Oakley, with the tower completed in 1888. The north vestry was added in 1894 and the outer north aisle in 1900, both designed by Vincent John Grose.

Constructed from Kentish ragstone with ashlar detailing, the church features a slate roof and is designed in the Gothic Revival style, specifically in an Early English manner. The layout includes a tall nave with aisles, a south transept, an apsidal east end, and a Lady Chapel located on the south side of the chancel. The later additions do not alter the original church's basic plan, as the outer aisle has been partitioned to create a meeting room.

The exterior showcases a southwest tower, set one bay from the west end, which consists of three stages and features a crenellated parapet, two lancet windows in the bell chamber, a lancet window on the first stage, and an arched door with a carved image of St Augustine above. The tower is supported by angle buttresses and has a curved southwest stair turret, while the west end is reinforced with diagonal buttresses and has plate tracery windows.

Inside, the church has a braced timber roof supported by corbels that interrupt the string course at the base of the clerestory. Below this, the nave arcade is carried by round piers with circular heads. The interior detail is sparse, but the proportions of the space are well-executed. Notable fittings include a vigorous High Victorian pulpit, believed to have originated from another church, and a matching font. An arcaded reredos by Grose was added in 1889, along with good choir stalls and encaustic tiling in the chancel, while pews are retained in the nave.

The church is situated in a picturesque location at the top of a wooded hill, which enhances its design.