Church of St. Thomas a Becket and mounting block attached

The Church of St. Thomas a Becket, along with an attached mounting block, dates largely to the 15th century, potentially on earlier foundations, and incorporates 18th-century fittings. The church was largely reconstructed and most of the timbers renewed in 1912-13 by W.D. Caröe. It is timber framed and clad with chequered red and grey brick, with tiles to the corbels, likely replacing 18th-century brickwork. The west gable is of plain brownish-red brick, and the bell turret is wood shingled. The east end of the nave has tile hanging above the chancel, while the east end of the chancel is weatherboarded above the wall-plate. Plain tile roofs cover the building.

The church comprises a nave incorporating a west bell turret, a south porch, and a small, low chancel. The bell turret has a pyramidal roof. The nave and chancel roofs are gabled, with the chancel displaying decorative, possibly medieval, bargeboards. Leaded rectangular casement windows are found throughout the church, except for the chancel’s east window, which contains a small amount of stained glass; all dating to 1912-13. The porch has boarded inner and outer doors, the outer door having tiles to the head of the architrave. A chequered red and grey brick mounting block stands at the west end, probably dating to 1912-13.

Inside, the nave and chancel are separately framed, exposing evidence of virtually closed close-studded partitions to the west truss of the chancel and the east truss of the nave. The chancel has two timber-framed bays, and the nave has two and a half, featuring gunstock-jowled principal posts and some evidence of arch braces to the wall-plates; the walls are otherwise rendered. Cambered arch-braced tie-beams, located approximately seven feet from the ground in the chancel, have chamfered braces with solid spandrels, continuing as chamfered fillets. Similar moulded octagonal crown-posts are present on the central trusses of both the nave and chancel. A half bay at the west end of the nave, beneath the bell turret, is enclosed to the north and south with close-studded partitions, each including a door to the east, leaving a central area open to the west gable end to accommodate the font, which stands on a circular stone base with a heptagonal plinth and base.

Notable fittings include a heptagonal ragstone font on a circular stone base with a heptagonal plinth and base, possibly dating to the 15th century or the 1660s. Early 18th-century altar rails feature plain balusters and a handrail, arranged in a Laudian plan. Text boards at the east end display the Lord's Prayer, Creed, and Decalogue. The nave and south side of the chancel contain 18th-century box pews with fielded panels, except for the last pew on each side to the west, which are simpler. A surviving 18th-century three-decker pulpit is also present. Nine oval text boards within the nave include a dedicatory board dated 1804.

The church stands in an isolated position within the marshes and is without a churchyard. Records indicate a timber-framed church on the site in 1294, described as being in poor condition. Hasted described the church as built of brick and apparently of very modern date. Photographs from 1912-13 showing work in progress are preserved at the west end of the church.