Church of St Nicholas

The Church of St Nicholas is a church dating back to the 13th century, with a north chancel chapel added in the 14th century. It was restored in the 19th century, with the north wall rebuilt in 1826 by W. McIntosh Brooks and further extensions to the south in 1864 by B. Ferrey. The building is constructed of flint with stone dressings, with brick and tile patching to the tower and a brick north wall to the aisle. It has plain tiled roofs and a slate roof over the porch.

The church comprises a square west tower, a nave and aisles, a chapel and porch to the south, a chancel to the east, and a chancel chapel and vestry to the north. The two-stage tower features a lead spire; double light arched windows to the first stage, and a clock on the west face. A gabled porch is situated to the south, with four gables across the east end of the church. Most of the windows are 19th-century restorations.

Inside, the church features a stone floor. There are three bay nave arcades on Perpendicular style octagonal piers with depressed rounded arches to the north side, and a 19th-century arcade to the south. The nave has a crown post roof. The two bay chancel incorporates 16th-century brick and a four-centred arch under a 13th-century lancet window. A round pier arcade runs along the south aisle, with square foliage capitals and cushion pedestals to the piers. A gallery occupies the west end of the north aisle. The fittings include 19th-century pews and a pulpit. A Norman font, dating to approximately 1120, stands at the west end. It is made of stone, featuring a block capital with a scalloped top and cable moulding to four lunettes containing medallions depicting a Lamb, a Cross, and an Ibex.

Various monuments are of historical note. In the north chancel wall is The Forde Tomb, a mid-16th-century Perpendicular rectangular stone structure with six posts and two arched chambers, featuring quatrefoil band and billet moulding. A brass memorial to Brakendon Booth, dated 1580, is in the north chancel chapel, depicting a central standing woman with her husband flanking, and six children to the left. A monument to Colonel Sidney Godolphin (Governor of Scilly), dated 1732, is also present; this is of aedicular type, with a marble construction and a portrait bust of Godolphin in Roman costume. A brass plate commemorating Guileme Leigh, dated 1608 is also present. A brass plate commemorates Polsted from 1540, depicting a husband and wife kneeling, facing each other across a book-laden table with children to the right. In the south aisle, Robert Shepherd is memorialized by a stone cartouche dated 1674. Richard Sullivan is also commemorated with a black stone ground and white stone apron.