Church Of St Lawrence

The Church of St Lawrence is a parish church located on Sheepwash East Street, rebuilt between 1880 and 1881, with a tower added in 1889 by architects Jb F. Gould and Webb of Barnstaple. It features coursed square slate stone walls and a gable-ended slate roof adorned with crested ridge tiles and stone coping at the gables. The church's plan includes a nave, chancel, south porch, and a west tower with a vestry at the east end of the nave, all designed in the Early English style.

The exterior showcases a three-stage crenellated tower with crocketted pinnacles, lacking a west doorway, and includes plate tracery style belfry lights. The west side features a trefoil-headed lancet with carved headstops. The nave windows resemble the belfry openings, while the chancel has pointed lancets, including an east window with three stepped lights, trefoiled and cinquefoiled heads, and a recessed panel below displaying a carved cross in high relief. The vestry projects from the east end of the nave and has a small gablet and a shouldered head doorway facing west. The south porch is characterized by a tall stone-coped gable, low eaves, and a chamfered four-centred arch with moulded imposts.

Inside, the south doorway features a two-centred arch with roll moulding. The original decorative scheme remains intact, contrasting richly with the church's simpler exterior. This effect is created by colorful stencil work on the roof timbers of the nave and chancel, which have arch-braced collar beam and hammer beam roofs, respectively, the latter embellished with carved angels. The decorative scheme is further enhanced by ornate colored floor tiles in the chancel. The chancel also includes a sedilia and piscina in its south wall, a late 19th-century timber tower screen, and a good 12th-century cushion font with foliage decoration carved on one side and a modern shaft.