Church Of St Nicholas

The Church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building dating from the mid-13th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with the nave walls rendered over and features limestone ashlar dressings and a stone slate roof. The church consists of a long nave and a chancel, with a small bellcote located at the west end.

The exterior includes three mid-13th century pointed lancet windows on each side, while the chancel has two pointed lancets on both the north and south walls. The north wall of the nave features a plain mid-13th century doorway with a moulded impost and an early 15th century three-light cusped window with a label mould to the left. The south wall has a similar mid-13th century doorway and two late 13th century two-light windows. There are corner and wall buttresses, including one flying buttress to the south, which dates from 1882. The gabled roof is topped with limestone coping slabs, and the bellcote has rendered walls and a pyramidal roof.

Inside, the three east window lancets are shafted, and there are late 19th and early 20th century stained glass windows, along with a corner piscina on the south wall. The church features a three-bay roof with butt purlins and arch-braced collar trusses that may date from the late 16th century. To the north of the chancel screen, there are blocked rood stairs, and the mid-13th century rood screen is notable for its unusual square openings. The nave has a stone flag floor with some ledger stones near the door, and a Jacobean pulpit that was brought from Grittleton in Wiltshire, set on a late 19th century limestone base. The octagonal limestone pulpit is complemented by late 19th century benches and a vestry screen to the west. Additionally, there are fragments of a 14th century nativity scene on the north wall, along with two early 18th century and one late 18th century wall tablets. A painted wall tablet in memory of Robert Grove, who died in 1693, is also located on the north wall. The nave features a six-bay roof in Jacobean style with pendants to the tie beams, dated 1708, and includes braced collar trusses and butt purlins. This church is a complete example of a small mid-13th century building with an unusual screen and some 14th century wall paintings.