Church Of St Paul

The Church of St Paul is a parish church dating to circa the early 14th century, with largely 15th-century reconstruction, except for the West tower. It was restored in the 18th century. The church is constructed of stone rubble, partly rendered, with slate roofs. It consists of a nave and chancel under one roof, with long north and south aisles.

The north aisle features a stair turret leading to the rood loft, containing a blocked elliptically arched doorway and 19th-century geometric traceried windows. The south aisle has 19th-century plate-traceried windows, two Perpendicular windows, and a 15th or 16th-century priest door. A hollow-chamfered two-centred arch forms the south doorway. A two-story south porch has a round, undressed arch and a parapet on corbels with moulded battlements. Thin buttresses, featuring set-offs, are present on the north and south aisles. The chancel incorporates a 19th-century five-light east window and an early to mid-14th-century three-light south window with star tracery.

The West tower is of circa 13th century, consisting of two unbuttressed stages with a slight batter, and a stringcourse halfway up. It has an embattled parapet and two-light bell openings. A polygonal stair turret is on the north side, and a chamfered two-centred arch forms the west doorway, with a 19th-century window above.

Internally, there are four-bay north and south arcades with octagonal piers, moulded capitals with fleurons, and moulded two-centred arches. The nave has an unceiled wagon roof, replacing the original in 1881. The north and south aisles are fitted with ceiled wagon roofs, decorated with carved bosses. A largely rebuilt rood and parclose screen from circa 15th century exists, with one panel painted. The church contains 19th-century seating and choir stalls with carved poppyheads. An 18th-century octagonal pulpit with fielded panels, carved swags on the corners, and putti above the panels is also present. A reading desk is constructed from carved Jacobean panelling. A 19th-century octagonal font is within the church, alongside a depiction of the Royal Arms from 1692.

Monuments include a 1629 memorial to the Worth family in the north aisle (formerly Worth Chapel), depicting two kneeling figures with eight kneeling children above. Wall monuments are dedicated to Edward Bovey (1714), Thomas Rowe (1729), Edward Bovey (1811), Thomas Baradridge (1815), and a brass wall plaque commemorates Margarett Gould (1662).