Church Of St Winfred

The Church of St Winfred is a parish church with a Norman and Early English Gothic nave and chancel, largely repaired in the 18th century. It is constructed of rendered rubble stone and flint, with limestone dressings, and has an old plain tile roof. The east end of the chancel features a 13th-century pointed and rebated lancet window. A reset 12th-century roundheaded lancet is on the north side, while the south side has an 18th-century timber 2-light leaded casement. The east gable of the nave has been rebuilt in flint above a stone offset. The south side contains three 18th-century timber, leaded casements, each with a full-height brick panel framed by header pilasters. A central, gabled brick porch with a 4-panel door and a similar brick panel with a buttress are also present. The west end has an 18th-century timber 3-light leaded casement and a round window with radiating leaded lights within a brick gable. A small, square section bellcote, likely 17th century, sits on the roof, featuring three trefoiled bell openings on each side and a hipped roof.

Inside the chancel, there’s a splayed rear arch to the east window, and a 20th-century splayed rear arch to the north window. The roof is plastered and braced, dating from the 18th century, with tall ashlar pieces, moulded wallplates, and cambered tiebeams at each end. A 19th-century chamfered segmental head chancel arch divides the chancel and nave. The nave windows have timber lintels. To the south of the chancel arch, remnants of a blocked 13th-century pointed arch are visible, along with possible traces of a reredos and wallpaintings on the south wall, although the paint has been damaged. A heavy, carved timber archway, now planked with strap hinges, serves as the north doorway. The nave roof is of a Queenpost design, dating from the 18th century, and plastered, except for the tiebeam and posts. A small 17th- and 18th-century gallery is positioned at the west end, supported by posts against the walls, with two central posts and 17th-century lamp-holders containing cannon balls. Panelling from the 17th century is situated above the gallery and against the west wall. The bellcote contains a bell believed to be medieval. Monuments include a 1831 memorial to Henry Newman on the south side, and memorials to William Newman (1804), Ally Radcliffe (1808), and Elizabeth Newman (1834) on the north side. Near the door is an 18th-century front to a small octagonal bowl with traceried sides set on an octagonal stem.