Church Of Unknown Dedication

The Church of Unknown Dedication, originally a parish church and now a private chapel, likely has origins in the 15th century, with substantial rebuilding occurring in the 19th century. The organ chamber dates to 1912. The church is constructed of banded flint and rubble, with some ashlar and render, and ashlar dressings. The nave has a tile roof, incorporating some scalloped tiles, while the chancel is slated. The layout includes a nave, chancel, north chapel, and organ chamber, and a west tower.

The three-stage west tower is distinguished by moulded string courses, an embattled ashlar parapet, diagonal buttresses with set-offs, a two-centred west window of two lights, rectangular loops to the second stage, and lancets to the third. The nave features three paired lancet windows on the south side and one on the north. The chancel has two south windows, one to the north, all dating from the 16th century and featuring two-light windows with square heads and returned labels, with each light containing a four-centred head. A blocked central south door has a wave-moulded four-centred head and continuous jambs. The east window is a 15th-century three-light window with a four-centred head, returned label, and Perpendicular tracery. The organ chamber contains a single lancet window. The north chapel has a two-centred, two-light window with a quatrefoil and returned label. A gabled porch has a chamfered two-centred arch, possibly incorporating a reset 15th-century small female figure. The north doorway is two-centred with two chamfered orders and retains a partly 17th-century or earlier plank door, complete with strap hinges and the original lock.

Internally, a 19th-century two-centred chancel arch exhibits ovolo mouldings, a flat soffit, impost capitals, and chamfered jambs. A 19th-century two-centred tower arch has continuously chamfered flat jambs. A 19th-century four-centred chapel arch is cusped with two chamfered orders. The organ chamber features a four-centred, cusped arch with a flat jamb to the right and a shafted, corbelled jamb to the left. A 17th-century fielded panel pulpit includes reeded panelling beneath and strapwork above. The chapel screen and lectern display panelling similar to the pulpit, though they may be later copies. Several box pews of uncertain date are present. The nave incorporates a ribbed barrel-vaulted roof with carved bosses springing from head corbels. The chapel ceiling is simply plastered. Various 19th and 20th-century wall tablets are also present. A 12th-century font possesses a square Purbeck marble bowl with round-head panels and scallops, a cylindrical stem with later subsidiary shafts. A 17th-century floor slab and 19th-century glass are also features.