Church Of Saint Nicholas

The Church of St Nicholas has Romanesque origins, with significant additions and alterations dating to the 13th and 14th centuries. A restoration took place around 1885 by Collier and Merrin. The church is constructed of random-coursed stone rubble with a stone slate roof. It comprises a three-bay nave and north aisle, a north transept, a chancel, and a west tower.

A stone porch is located in the centre of the north aisle, featuring a two-centred archway with a hoodmould and a 19th-century ribbed door, leading to a two-centred arched doorway with a hoodmould and carved end stops. A three-light stone mullion window with cusped lights sits to the left of the north aisle, with a lancet window to the right. At the north end of the transept is a three-light window with Reticulated tracery. The nave incorporates a three-light stone mullion window with ogee-headed lights to the left and a similar window with cusped lights to the right. A triple lancet window is situated to the right of the chancel, alongside a two-light Plate tracery window in the centre of the chancel and a two-light stone mullion window with cusped lights to the left. The west end of the north aisle features a three-light Geometrical tracery window.

The west tower is of three stages, with a 19th-century ribbed door to a two-centred arched doorway with a hoodmould. A three-light Rectilinear-tracery window is present on the west side of the second stage, and two-light Rectilinear-tracery louvred openings are on each side of the third stage, topped by a battlemented parapet.

Inside, the chancel is notable for its barrel-vaulted, panelled roof with painted panels. 19th-century wall paintings, including a dado of fleur-de-lys and roundels depicting Biblical figures, adorn the sanctuary walls. An encaustic tile floor and altar rail are also 19th-century additions. A two-centred chancel arch opens into the north transept, which features an arch-braced collar truss roof. A tomb recess, dating to around 1350, houses a reclining female figure with a lion at her feet, set within a two-centred cusped and crocketed gabled arch flanked by finials. The nave also has an arch-braced collar truss roof with kingposts. A three-arch arcade defines the north aisle, resting on round piers with square bases and capitals. A two-centred arch leads to the tower, screened by a 19th-century wood screen. An arch-braced collar-truss roof is found in the north aisle. A two-centred arch connects the north aisle to the transept, supported by columns with volute capitals. A Romanesque round stone font with a 19th-century wood cover stands in the north aisle.