Church Of St Rumbold

The Church of St Rumbold is a parish church located in Pentridge, with its chancel built in 1815 and the remainder completed between 1855 and 1857 by architect Slater. The church is constructed of squared rubble and flint, featuring ashlar dressings and a tiled roof. Its layout includes a west tower, nave, chancel, and a south porch, all designed in the Decorated style.

The west tower has two stages and a short broach spire, with square-set buttresses. It features a two-light pointed west window with curvilinear tracery, a loop window on the first stage, and belfry openings with cinquefoiled lancets. The main body of the church has pointed, two-light windows also with curvilinear tracery. There is a pointed, chamfered door on the south wall of the chancel and a three-light pointed east window with curvilinear tracery and labels with head stops. The timber south porch has a pointed arch, cusped bargeboards, and original gates.

Inside, notable features include a pointed chancel arch supported by half-columns, a braced scissor-truss roof in the nave, and a boarded waggon roof in the chancel. The church also contains a 19th-century octagonal font, 19th-century pews, 19th-century glass, and an 18th-century wall monument dedicated to Robert and Elizabeth Browning, who were the great grandparents of the poet.