Church Of St Paul

The Church of St Paul is a parish church with origins in the late 12th or early 13th century, with significant additions and alterations over the centuries. The chancel and south nave wall date to the mid-13th century, while the nave roof and partial refenestration occurred in the 15th century. A porch was added in the 16th century, and a general restoration and west extension to the nave took place in 1885. The church is constructed of rubble with tiled roofs and stone copings.

The plan consists of a nave, chancel, and south porch. A 19th-century bellcote, influenced by the Arts and Crafts style, sits at the west end of the nave. The chancel retains its original angle buttresses. The south chancel wall features a trefoiled lancet window to the west and, to the east, a double trefoiled lancet with a quatrefoil piercing the head. The east chancel window is a graduated triple lancet under a chamfered, pointed head. A 13th-century doorway with a chamfered pointed head is visible on the north chancel wall. The south nave wall has a 19th-century two-light, square-headed Perpendicular window with a returned label to the west, and a trefoiled lancet window to the east of the porch. The north nave wall has a 15th-century square-headed, two-light, Perpendicular window to the east and a 15th-century cinquefoiled lancet to the west. A blocked, pointed, chamfered doorway is centrally located, alongside a 16th-century buttress. The 16th-century south porch is tiled with a chamfered, round-headed arch, and the south nave doorway has a chamfered, segmental-pointed head.

Inside, a 19th-century moulded chancel arch has respond corbels. The nave has a 15th-century pitched timber tie-beam roof with moulded tie-beams, principals, purlins, and rafters. The rafters intersect to form 32 compartments on each roof slope. The west end is an 1885 addition. Principal intersections are adorned with wooden foliate bosses. The wall heads have brattished timber cornices. The chancel features a 19th-century wagon roof, and retains 17th-century communion rails. A 15th-century reredos, reset in the chancel, has seven pointed niches containing a Crucifixion flanked by figures of saints. The pulpit incorporates re-worked 17th-century carved panelling. The east window has a shafted rere-arch. Chancel stalls include 16th-century carved panels. A plank door with a box lock is secured by strap hinges with fleur-de-lis terminals. 13th-century tiles have been reset in the west wall, and various reset medieval carved corbels are present. A 14th-century octagonal font has been brought to a square base with rounded stops. Modern stained glass windows are also incorporated into the design.