Church Of Saint Nicholas

The Church of Saint Nicholas is a Grade I listed building located on The Street. It dates from the late 13th century, with elements from the 14th and 15th centuries. The church is constructed of sandstone rubble, featuring dressed sandstone quoins and jowls, with a roof that is partly covered in Horsham stone and partly in clay tiles.

The layout includes a chancel with a south chapel, a central tower, a nave with an aisle, and a south porch. The original church comprised the northern section of the current structure, which included a nave, a central tower, and a chancel, all of Norman origin. The arches of the tower and most of the nave are from this period. The chancel was enlarged in the 14th century, and the south aisle, which is now the nave, was added in the late 13th century. The south chapel, now serving as the chancel, was built around 1480 by Agnes, the widow of William Richard Saunders. The south porch was also added in the late 15th century and was restored by William Burgess in 1858.

Notable features include a stone sundial on the south porch dated 1741, a crown post roof, a 15th-century parclose screen, and late 13th-century wall paintings in the south aisle of the nave. There is also a brass located in the chancel. The churchyard contains a fine collection of 18th-century chest tombs, some with sculptured marble panels, as well as 19th-century oval bodystones, early 19th-century headstones adorned with palm fronds and acroteria motifs or cherub motifs, and wooden headboards.