Church Of St Swithin

The Church of St Swithin is a parish church built in 1871 by W J Stratton, incorporating some materials from the previous church located next to Thorley Manor. It is constructed of stone rubble with a tiled roof and features a four-bay nave, a lower three-bay chancel, and transepts. The south porch includes a double bell turret to the east, topped with a hexagonal stone spire and a ball finial. The two bells, dated 1499, were salvaged from the old church. The church has lancet windows and a cross-shaped saddlestone on the chancel. The entrance archway retains some masonry from the earlier church. Inside the porch, the walls are made of yellow brick with red brick bands. The church's interior showcases structural polychromy in yellow and red brickwork, along with a boarded roof of scissor-braced design. Above the south porch is the Royal Coat of Arms from 1709. The nave features an octagonal stone font on a square base, also from the old church. The west window consists of a double lancet with a quatrefoil above it. The chancel has a tiled reredos with prescription tablets and a Creed on the sides, and the east window is composed of three pointed lancets with three trefoils above.