Old Church Of St Nicholas

The building is the chancel of an old church, now used as a cemetery chapel. It dates to the 12th and 15th centuries, with alterations made in the 19th century. Constructed from limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, it features a Stonesfield-slate roof. The chancel has two bays and a 15th-century east window with a Perpendicular drop tracery design. South-facing windows with two and three lights are also 15th century, featuring cusped lights, deep casement mouldings, and square-stopped labels. A blocked round-headed lancet sits above a relief of the Agnus Dei, and a south-west buttress displays a re-set early relief depicting two figures holding crooks. A small blocked round-headed window is present on the north wall, below a small square blocking. The west wall incorporates the 12th-century chancel arch, which has a band of alternating cable mould, flanked by pairs of round-headed niches with roll-moulded arches and jamb shafts. Set into the arch is the former 12th-century south doorway, possessing an elaborate arch of five ornamented orders, with detached shafts and waterleaf capitals.

Inside, a fine 13th-century piscina is trefoil-headed, featuring a moulded surround, a stone credence shelf, and a carving of a bunch of grapes. A cinquefoil-headed recess and a blocked round-headed doorway are also found on the north side. The butt-purlin roof is likely from the 17th or 18th century, utilising re-used rafters. A panelled chest tomb to the south of the sanctuary contains a Purbeck-marble cover with brasses commemorating John Ashfield (died 1521) and his wife, Elenor, and comprises part of a larger monument integrated with the window above, depicting them and their children in stained glass. A large coloured-marble wall memorial to George Talbot, 15th Earl of Shrewsbury (died 1787), created by J.F. Moore, is present, displaying an oval relief below a display of arms. A white marble monument commemorates Mary, the mother of the 15th Earl. Medieval stained glass is contained within the east window. A small stone font on a panelled stem may be 17th century.