Church Of St James And St Bartholomew

The Church of St. James and St. Bartholomew is a parish church largely dating to 1792, but incorporating a core dating back to around 1200. The chancel was rebuilt in 1890, retaining some medieval masonry. The church is constructed of ashlar and coursed limestone rubble, with a plain tile roof to the chancel.

The church features a west tower, a three-bay nave with a south porch, and a two-bay chancel with diagonal buttresses. The west tower has two stages, with crenellated parapets and crocketed corner pinnacles. A circular window is set into the west face, and a blocked south window is present with a semi-circular head and Gibbs surround. The belfry has paired openings with semi-circular heads. The nave windows also have semi-circular heads and raised surrounds, with an upper window on the west side likely indicating a former gallery. The porch, dated 1894, has a shouldered Tudor arch. The south door replaces a Romanesque doorway, of which the semi-circular arch with roll moulding and chevron ornament remains, springing from imposts. The chancel has a pointed south window and doorway. A north window has two lights with Y-tracery and a segmental pointed head. The east window is of three trefoil-headed lights under a segmental pointed head.

Inside, the wide chancel arch, dating back to around 1200, is semi-elliptical, springing from restored colonettes with scalloped capitals. It has two orders: the inner order has chevron ornament, and the outer order is roll moulded with dog tooth detailing. A double-chamfered west door with a segmental pointed head is also present. The nave roof has a low pitch with a king-post, one pair of purlins, and a ridge piece. The chancel roof, from 1890, has a tie beam, shaped collar, raking struts, one pair of purlins, curved wind braces, and a ridge piece.

The church contains a small 17th-century font with a square moulded base, cylindrical pedestal, and rounded basin. A later 19th-century font has an octagonal base and basin, supported by a cluster of five marble pedestal columns with stiff leaf capitals. A late 19th-century wooden, semi-octagonal pulpit is also present.