Church Of St Nicholas

The Church of St Nicholas is a church built around 1800, featuring a barrel-vaulted roof added in 1886. It is constructed from herringbone-tooled stone, with the east end made of squared stone and vertically tooled dressings. The roof is made of stone flags, with a porch covered in slate. The church has a west tower, a continuous nave and chancel, and a south porch. The single-stage tower has coped battlements above a raised parapet band and a round-headed louvred bell opening on the south side. The central gabled porch on the south features a round-arched opening, with round-arched window openings on either side containing paired lights with cusped pointed heads. There is a raised eaves band, and on the north side, there is one similar window to the west. The east window is pointed, consisting of three lights with cusped intersecting tracery. The porch and east end have coped gables and gable crosses. Inside, there is a reset sedilia on a carved corbel head to the south of the sanctuary, a barrel-vaulted roof with painted bands of lozenge decoration, and a tub font on a cylindrical pedestal. The church is stylistically attributed to John Smith of Farndale, who is also known for the construction of the Church of St Aidan in Gillamoor.