Parish Church (Dedication Unknown)

The parish church, of unknown dedication, displays a mix of 12th, 14th, and 15th-century construction, with significant alterations. The core of the church dates to the 12th century, with major rebuilding in the 14th century and 15th-century window openings. The building consists of a nave, a chancel, and a south porch. The walls are of rubble stone with a chamfered stone plinth, with rendering on the south wall. The roof is slate, with stone slab eaves, stone gable copings featuring apex blocks and small crosses. A stone bell-cote sits atop the west gable. The west window of the nave is a 2-light opening with a cinquefoil-cusped head and a quatrefoil above, featuring hollow-chamfered stone jambs. A south nave window is a 2-light trefoil-cusped window with a reticulated head and a label with head stops, likely dating from the 19th century. Two round-headed blocked openings are visible on the north wall of the nave; one likely represents a 12th-century doorway, while the other contains a 2-light perpendicular window that was later inserted. The chancel includes a 15th-century 2-light trefoil-cusped window with panel tracery, a label, and head stops on its south side. The east window is a larger version of the south wall window. The south porch is thought to be of the 18th century, characterized by large stone quoins and a segmental stone lintel over the entrance. Inside the porch, scalloped capitals are found without shafting, supporting a round arch, indicating a 12th-century origin. The doorway has straight-chamfered jambs, leading to a 20th-century plank door with strap hinges. The interior features two cells with plastered barrel vaults. A pointed chancel arch is present, with responds lacking capitals and two nave mouldings, separated by a sunk quadrant, dating from the 14th century. The font has a round bowl with a chamfered edge and a cable moulding at the top, incorporating gadrooning from the base upwards, depicting flowers, and dates to the mid-12th century. A piscina in the chancel has a trefoil head and a keeled roll arris, dating from the 14th century. A memorial tablet is dedicated to John Bishop, Armiger, who died on January 19, 1682, aged 33. It features a coat of arms and a skull. An unusual stone tablet on the north wall is characterized by rusticated pilasters with cross-crosslet-fitchée and scallop-shell ornamentation, a tablet above with a sword and pennant, and the words 'Virtvs post-funera vivit,' and a 'memento mori' inscription at the bottom. A brass plate commemorates Henry Michael of Stamerham, who died on November 12, 1662, aged 21, and was made by Jo Bishop Capitan and sculpted by Rich. Meadway. A rood screen, now located in the nave, is constructed of panelled wood with a Crucifixion in the central panel, the Annunciation above, and the Flagellation and Resurrection at the sides, executed using poker-work and incised technique and originating from abroad, dating from the 17th century. Three 19th-century wall tablets are also present, one commemorating John String, who died in 1819, and Elizabeth his wife, who died in 1802, fashioned from white marble with a cornice, urn, and shield of arms, by King, London.