Parish Church Of The Holy Rood

The Parish Church of the Holy Rood is a parish church with origins dating back to the 13th century, which was enlarged in the 15th century and further expanded and partially rebuilt in the 19th century. The church features stone walls, with roofs that are partly tiled and partly covered with lead. It has parapets on the gables, which are topped with stone copings. The structure includes a nave, north and south aisles with four bays each, a chancel with a vestry on the north side, a north porch, and a west tower.

The tower, built in the 15th century, consists of three stages and is topped with a battlemented parapet and a semi-octagonal stair turret on the south side. The top stage features 2-light windows with lattice filling, the middle stage has a slit window on the south, and the lowest stage includes a 3-light west window adorned with Perpendicular tracery. The south aisle, added in the 19th century, has a battlemented parapet and contains three reset 15th-century square-headed 3-light windows, along with a doorway from the same period that has a depressed 4-centred arch.

The chancel, rebuilt in the 19th century, has two 2-light windows on the south wall and a 3-light east window, all designed in the style of the 15th century. The north aisle, from the 15th century, features a parapet and added 19th-century buttresses, with one 2-light and one 3-light window. The porch was rebuilt in the 19th century but retains a reset 15th-century outer arch, while the inner arch has a depressed 4-centred head.

Internally, the two central bays of the north arcade are from the 13th century, featuring circular piers with moulded caps. The west bay is from the 15th century and matches the style of the earlier bays, while the east bay is from the 19th century. The south arcade, also from the 19th century, replicates the design of the north arcade. The chancel was rebuilt in the 19th century, and the chancel arch, dating to the late 14th century, is divided into three arched sections that create a stone "screen." All roofs are from the 19th century, constructed of pine, with a hammer-beam form in the chancel and arch-braced scissor trusses in the nave. Most of the fittings are from the 19th century, while the font is from the 15th century and is positioned against a pier of the north arcade.