Church Of St Edward The Confessor

The Church of St Edward the Confessor is a church dating back to the 12th century, with significant additions from the 15th century, and a restoration in 1856 by G.E. Street. It is constructed from limestone rubble with ashlar detailing, and has stone-slate and Welsh-slate roofs. The building consists of a three-bay nave, a south aisle and porch, a chancel, and a west tower.

The chancel, built in the 15th century, is of ashlar construction, featuring a moulded plinth and a steeply-pitched stone-slate roof. It contains square-headed two-light side windows with casement mouldings and ogee tracery, a three-light east window with Perpendicular tracery in a four-centred arch, and a four-centred arched priest’s door on the south side. The south aisle, of earlier rubble masonry, has two 15th-century windows, the east window positioned slightly over a lancet, and a similar 19th-century window west of the porch. The 15th-century crenellated ashlar porch has an outer arch with a continuous casement moulding, a 19th-century wooden dog gate, a sundial inscribed on the gable and a smaller sundial reset above it. The 15th-century nave has a deep moulded plinth, a crenellated parapet, and three similar windows to the north as those in the chancel. The 15th-century crenellated west tower has diagonally-set crocketted pinnacles and a west window of three uncusped lights in a four-centred arch.

Inside, the chancel features a cusped aumbry niche added by Street. The pointed Transitional chancel arch has moulded square imposts and a chamfered western face. The two-bay arcade has round arches and a circular pier with a scallop capital, all displaying 19th-century stencilled decorations. A 12th-century tomb recess in the aisle displays carved chevron and cable decoration. The roof is of 19th-century design. A fine 15th-century chancel screen, featuring a gate and traceried panels with a vine cornice, was restored by Street and painted by the Rev. E.L. Lockyer. 19th-century fittings are present throughout, except for the restored 15th-century pulpit with traceried panels. Stained glass dating to 1855 by Hardman is in the west window, while stained glass from 1913 is in the east window.