Church Of St Bartholomew

The Church of St Bartholomew, originally known as Rodhuish Church, is a parish church that dates back to the 15th century. It was refenestrated in the early 16th century and underwent restorations in 1826 and 1924, with further fittings added in the mid-20th century. The church is constructed with roughcast over rubble and features a Treborough slate roof covering the nave and chancel. The nave and chancel are undivided, and there is a west bell tower and a south porch.

The single-stage tower at the west gable end has two-centred lancet bell openings and a pyramid slate roof topped with a weathervane. The west end of the church is unlit, while the south porch is gabled with coped verges and plain semicircular arched openings, featuring a late 20th-century wrought iron gate. To the right of the porch, there is a two-centred lancet window, a 19th-century door in a Tudor arch head opening, and a three-light cinquefoil headed mullioned window in the nave. The chancel has a similar two-light window, and there is a two-light trefoil headed east window set to the right of centre, along with a two-light window in the north wall of the nave. Large full-height raking buttresses are present at the junction of the nave and chancel.

Inside, the church is rendered and lacks a chancel arch. The tower features a pointed arch approximately 1.8 metres high, unchamfered but with chamfered jambs. The chancel has an open arch braced wagon roof, while the nave has a three-bay arch braced roof with two trusses that include tie-beams and kingposts, along with subsidiary rafters. There is an 18th-century panelled gallery at the west end and 19th-century pine pews. Notable interior features include two late 16th to early 17th-century carved chairs depicting religious scenes, possibly the departure of the Prodigal Son and Christ blessing Mary Magdalene, a carved wooden aumbry likely from the early 16th century, and a Norman circular pedestal font that was moved from Carhampton Church in the 19th century. The reredos, featuring carved angel terminals, was created by Rachel Reckett in 1961, while the font cover, sconces, and candelabra were designed by Jim Horrobin in 1971. The 19th-century altar rails are said to have originated from a church in Weston-Super-Mare.