Church Of St Nicholas

The Church of St Nicholas is a parish church located on Roxby Hall Hill. It dates back to the 17th century and was built on the site of an earlier church. The building underwent significant alterations in 1818 and was restored in the early 20th century. The north nave wall and lower chancel walls are made of coursed plain sandstone, while the upper chancel, north nave walls, south nave wall, and tower are constructed from coursed herring-bone tooled sandstone. The roof is covered with graduated lakeland slate, featuring a tile ridge and stone copings.

The church has a west tower and a continuous nave and chancel, with the chancel likely raised to the level of the nave roof during the 1818 alterations. The tower is three stages high, with a round-arched west doorway that has cut voussoirs. Above this doorway is a two-light west window, and the third stage features two-light segment-headed bell openings beneath a parapet with corner battlements. There are stone steps leading to a first-floor boarded door on the south side. Flanking the tower are two-light nave west windows, and there is a pent extension, possibly from the early 20th century, that has a matching window.

The nave consists of two bays with three-light windows, while the chancel is one long bay that includes a blocked round-arched priest's door and a three-light window with round heads and sunk spandrels. The nave and tower windows have round-headed lights, and the north wall contains only one three-light window. The east window, which has five lights and a square head with a ridged keystone, is likely from the early 20th century.

Inside, there is a lobby with a six-panel door leading to the tower and a six-panel double door leading into the church. The interior features panelled pews, although most doors have been lost. The roof is a strutted king-post design, and these features, along with the pulpit (which is on a later 19th-century base), likely date back to 1812. Notable monuments include a slab with a brass commemorating Thomas Boynton, who died in 1523; a slab for Katherine Ingram, who died in 1666; and a dark limestone slab raised on four white marble irons for the wife of Sir Matthew Boynton, who died in 1634. The church also contains a 13th-century font set on a modern stone plinth.