Church Of St Nicholas

The Church of St Nicholas is a church dating back to the late 13th century, with significant alterations in the 15th and 16th centuries. It was restored in 1855 and again in 1898 by J.O. Scott. The church is constructed of random and coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, and features roofs covered with old plain tiles and Welsh slate. It comprises a chancel, nave, south aisle, a south porch, and a west tower.

The chancel, of 13th-century origin, has a plinth and stepped angle buttresses. Its east window consists of three grouped trefoiled lancets beneath an outer arch. South windows include two similar 2-light windows with trefoils in their heads, featuring engaged shafts and tracery rolls. A 15th-century 2-light window and a 14th-century priest's door are also present on the south side. The south aisle has two plain lancets, possibly reused, and a 14th-century window of two ogee-headed lights. A similar window facing west may be from the 19th century. The C19 porch shelters a 14th-century doorway with continuous moulding and square traceried openings.

The north wall of the nave has heavy buttresses, two square-headed windows (one with Perpendicular tracery), and a single contemporary light aligning with the tower. The two-stage 16th-century tower is buttressed diagonally and has a crenellated parapet. It possesses single-light bell-chamber openings and a 2-light west window, all with 3-centred arches, and a 4-centred arched west doorway with shields within the spandrels.

Inside, the chancel windows have internal shafts and trefoiled rere arches, with trefoils pierced in the cusps. A sumptuously carved 14th-century sedilia, featuring cinquefoiled arches, tall canopies, and pinnacles, is also present. The matching canopies to the piscina and the altered priest's door have been mutilated. An Easter sepulchre to the north is carved with winged cherubs. A 19th-century chancel arch is also notable. The four-bay 14th-century south arcade features octagonal piers with moulded capitals. Other interior features include a medieval octagonal chalice-shaped font, 18th-century turned communion rails, three early 18th-century Baroque wall tablets (two carved with weeping figures) dedicated to members of the Walker family, and a fragmentary painting of St. Christopher on the north wall of the nave.