Longcross Church

Longcross Church is a church built in 1847 at the expense of Mr Tringham of Longcross House. It was constructed in the Early English style, with Mr Willoughby acting as the architect. The building is of red brick in Flemish bond, with Bath stone dressings and a slate roof. The plan consists of a five-bay nave with a west porch, a lower two-bay chancel, and a south-west vestry.

The west gable features elaborate stone carving and a finial, with a triple lancet window, the central light being taller. An elaborate arched doorcase with stone colonnettes and a gabled fretted weatherhood with a slate roof provides access. The porch contains built-in seats and an encaustic tiled floor, with an arched door and elaborate ironmongery. Small lancet windows with leaded lights are positioned on either side, accompanied by brick buttresses. The nave's north and south sides have stone lancets with hood moulding, separated by buttresses. The chancel has a cross-shaped saddlestone and an east window featuring an oval and three lancets below. The lean-to vestry has an arched doorcase with elaborate ironmongery.

Inside, the nave has a scissor-braced roof supported on stone corbels, with four tiers of purlins and boarding. A trefoil band runs along the top of the walls. The west window contains stained glass depicting Christ flanked by angels, with Gothic-arched recesses displaying the Creed and the Ten Commandments below. The south west bay features an encaustic tiled floor and an octagonal stone font with a decorated wooden font cover. A mosaic floor is located in the centre of the nave, and the pews have wide bench ends with trefoil decoration. The north-east bay houses the original carved wooden pulpit on a stone base with trefoil decoration. Stained glass from the 1870s and 1920s is present, although original grisaille glass remains in the eastern bay. A large chancel arch with colonnettes leads to the chancel, which contains intact oak choir stalls and a lectern, along with an encaustic tiled floor and painted and decorated organ pipes. The sanctuary includes a wood and brass communion rail, an encaustic tiled floor displaying JHS and a vulning pelican, and a mosaic reredos depicting the Adoration of the Magi. The east window, dated 1885, depicts the Crucifixion. This is an unusually complete mid-19th century country church, built under the provisions of the Patronage Act of 1831.