Church Of St Nicholas

The Church of St Nicholas is a parish church with foundations dating back to the 12th century. The chancel was rebuilt in the mid-13th century, and there have been other medieval alterations along with two restorations in the 19th century, specifically in 1816 and 1881. The church is constructed of rubble stone, with squared stone on the tower, and features a Cotswold stone slate roof, except for the lead roof over the nave.

The layout includes a chancel, a nave with a south transept and a north porch, and a west tower. The tower is battlemented and consists of three stages, stepping in slightly at each offset. The top stage has twin square-headed stone belfry louvres. The west side of the tower features a three-light ogee window on the bottom stage and a single-light ogee window on the middle stage. The early English chancel has three lancets linked by a string course to the north, two to the south, and a two-light Decorated window in the corner with the transept. The nave contains three-light ogee windows from the 19th century flanking a large gabled porch, along with a small quatrefoil window adjoining the chancel on the north side and two large Decorated windows, also from the 19th century, on the south side.

Inside, the shallow nave roof was repitched around 1500 and features four bays with chamfered tie-beams and Perpendicular arcading, supported on carved struts on stone corbels. The east window has early plate tracery, and there is a small Norman piscina along with a 13th-century double piscina above it. A low wide arch leads to the south transept, which contains vestiges of mural paintings in the reveal of the east window. There is an 18th-century communion rail and numerous monuments from the 17th and 18th centuries, particularly wall-mounted in the chancel.