Church of St Edmund

The Church of St Edmund is a Grade II* listed building located in Castleton. It has origins from the early 12th century, with additions from the 14th century and early 19th century. The church is constructed of rubble limestone and gritstone ashlar, featuring gritstone dressings, and has lead roofs that are concealed behind parapets. The structure includes a west tower, nave, south porch, chancel, and a north vestry.

The 14th-century west tower consists of three stages and is supported by diagonal buttresses with set-offs. It features a three-light west window with a four-centred arch and lancet bell openings, topped with battlements and eight pinnacles. The nave has four bays divided by buttresses with two set-offs, and its windows are adorned with Y-tracery and hoodmoulds. The moulded parapet is also decorated with pinnacles. The rainwater heads are dated 1831, coinciding with the demolition of the medieval aisles. The south porch, built in 1831, has a steep castellated gable with pinnacles and a chamfered, pointed arched opening with a studded door. The two-bay chancel features two-light windows with plate tracery and a castellated parapet with pinnacles. The north vestry, attached to the church, has 18th-century wooden Y-tracery.

Inside, the Norman chancel arch has been renewed in the 19th century and is supported by one order of colonnettes with block capitals, featuring zig-zag decoration. The tower arch is double-chamfered. The church contains box pews inscribed with dates from 1661 to 1722, along with five three-branched brass oil lamps with engraved glass globes. The nave roof is made from re-used 16th-century timbers, and there is a plain octagonal font. The chancel's southeast window features stained glass from 1911 by Kempe, while other windows are unattributed. There are three memorials on the north wall dated 1725, 1804, and 1863, with the last one created by Patteson of Manchester.