Church Of St Bartholomew

The Church of St Bartholomew is a parish church with a late 15th-century tower. The main body of the church was rebuilt between 1861 and 1863 by S.S. Teulon. Constructed primarily of ashlar limestone and squared dressed limestone, it features a stone slate roof. The church consists of a nave with a north aisle and porch, a west tower, and a chancel with a south vestry.

The north aisle has a gabled parapet with a pointed arched doorway, incorporating jamb shafts, a hoodmould with carved stops, and alternating ashlar and tufa voussoirs. Three paired lancet windows are present on the aisle's north side, accompanied by offset buttresses. The south side of the nave displays four two-light pointed plate traceried windows. The chancel features a gabled east end with a three-light plate traceried east window. All gables are coped with carved saddle stones and cross finials, and the stone ridge copings exhibit zig-zag notching.

The three-stage tower has full-height diagonal offset buttresses and an octagonal stair turret in the northeast corner, which rises above the crenellated parapet. A moulded Tudor arched doorway with carved spandrels, a hoodmould with square stops, and a three-light Perpendicular window with a continuous hoodmould are found on the west side. Two-light Perpendicular belfry openings with quatrefoil-pierced stone screens are also present. The parapet is adorned with carved gargoyles (two on each side).

Inside, the nave has a wagon roof. A three-bay pointed arched arcade with octagonal capitals sits on cylindrical piers. The tower features a tall pointed arch with jamb shafts. The chancel arch is moulded and supported on leaf-carved corbels. A panelled timber ceiling covers the chancel. Rere-arches and jamb shafts frame the chancel window. Numerous fittings by Teulon are present, reflecting his distinctive style. A circular timber pulpit with panelling in a curious frame and a bracketed stone base is notable, as is a hexagonal font with seven supporting base shafts and a tall openwork spire, now located in the tower. A fine Baroque monument, featuring a scrolled pediment, putti, a death's head, and an escutcheon, commemorates Mrs. Heveningham Bridgeman, who died in 1673. A reset memorial tablet to William Bridgeman, who died in 1696, is also displayed. The windows are characterized by Teulon’s signature yellow-camed glass with clear glass margins, and one stained glass window from 1862 is likely by Powell.