Parish Church Of St Lawrence

The Parish Church of St. Lawrence is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 15th century, though it was largely rebuilt and heavily restored in 1864-65 by Foster and Wood of Bristol. The church is constructed from coursed, squared rubble with freestone dressings, featuring a plain tile roof for the nave and a slate roof for the chancel and vestry. It includes a west tower, a three-bay nave, a south porch, a two-bay chancel, and a north vestry.

The tower is three stages high and has a southwest polygonal stair turret. The first stage features diagonal buttresses and a moulded west door adorned with fleurons and head stops, along with a restored west window. The second stage is plain with single light windows, while the third stage has plain two-light windows and a simple parapet with small pinnacles. The nave is divided into bays by buttresses with set backs, and it has three-light windows under dripmoulds with figurative carved stops. To the north, there is a polygonal, two-stage rood stair turret with gargoyles and a plain cap.

The south porch is two storeys high with a gabled roof, featuring a moulded doorway and a two-light window above. Inside, there is a similar inner door with an empty figure niche above a stoup. The chancel is lower than the nave and has diagonal buttresses, a blocked south priests' door, and a three-light perpendicular east window. The north vestry, added in 1865, has freestone quoins and window dressings, three-light cusped windows under square hoodmoulds, and a prominent stack.

Inside the church, the moulded perpendicular tower arch and the restored chancel arch are notable, along with an embattled wall plate in the chancel roof. Much of the interior has been rebuilt or scraped. A high-quality 15th-century freestone pulpit features decorated panels and ornate friezes. The lower rood stair door retains its moulded surround, and there is a tub font, likely Norman in origin. Memorial tablets commemorate the Sheppard family from 1716 and 1725.