Church Of St Paul

The Church of St Paul is a church of 1828, designed by G. Webster. A chancel, north vestry and organ loft were added around 1864, and a north aisle in 1913. The church is constructed of roughcast stone with ashlar dressings, with the chancel being of rock-faced limestone and ashlar dressings, and the north aisle of stone rubble. It has slate roofs. The six-bay nave joins a west tower. The building features lancet windows with splayed reveals and a gabled porch with a datestone to the south side. The west end has a battered base with roll moulding over, and the tower projects forward. The tower features three lancets, the central one with a hoodmould and fleuron, and a bell stage with paired louvred openings and a projecting embattled parapet, topped with an ornate iron cross and a low pyramidal roof. The flat-roofed north aisle, built over a basement due to the sloping ground, has weathered buttresses and, in the second and fourth bays, paired lancets. The organ loft projects forward to the east, with a cusped lancet and a trefoil window above, both with hoodmoulds. The flat-roofed vestry has a three-light, hollow-chamfered-mullioned window with a transom, and an east entrance with a shouldered lintel. A return stack is located on the organ loft. The chancel has a sill course and two two-light windows with Y-tracery to the south side, with the eastern window having a high sill; a corresponding window is on the north side, and weathered buttresses are present. The east end has three stepped lancets with tracery heads and a continuous hoodmould, a gable cross, and a cross to the nave. The south side of the church contains wall memorials and late 18th and early 19th-century chest tombs. Inside, the roof has doubled principal rafters, collars and kingposts, and there is a five-bay arcade. The tower arch is plain, dating to 1913. A font from 1913 is present, with a round bowl featuring Romanesque detailing. Painted canvas panels depicting the Creed, Lord's Prayer and Ten Commandments, along with the arms of George III, are also present. Plaques commemorate the augmentation of funds in 1760 and the rebuilding of the church. A timber, open traceried chancel screen, an east end panelled reredos with figures and cresting, and recesses to the north and south are also featured. Common rafters with bracing and ashlaring are present in the roof, along with interesting 19th-century stained glass.