Church Of St Cecilia

The Church of St. Cecilia is a parish church located in Adstock, with its nave dating back to the 12th century, although it was altered in the 15th century. The chancel and south porch were built in the 14th century, while the west tower was constructed in the 15th century. The church was re-roofed in the late 16th century and underwent restoration in the 19th century, with a modern vestry added to the north of the tower.

The building is made of coursed rubble stone, featuring a lead roof on the nave and tiled roofs on the chancel and porch. The west tower consists of two stages; the lower stage is tall and has a plinth, diagonal offset buttresses, irregular slit windows, and a two-light decorated window on the west side. The top stage has restored quoins and two-light openings to the bell chamber, arched with blind tracery on the south side, along with a battlemented parapet and a cast iron weathervane.

The nave has ironstone quoins at the corners, angle buttresses, and a battlemented parapet. The southeast corner features a small ironstone sanctus bellcote. There are two bays of large three-light Perpendicular windows with transoms. The south porch has a moulded 14th-century arch that has been restored. The south doorway features a moulded two-centre arch on a 12th-century base, with imposts and capitals adorned with carvings of heads, foliage, and scalloped ornament. The north doorway, which is a 12th-century alteration, has a moulded label with large carved head stops above a carved panel with a later ogee arch.

Inside, the chancel has two bays of two-light Decorated windows, with the western ones being lower and transomed, and a three-light Decorated window on the east side. The interior features triple chamfered arches for the tower and chancel, a cusped piscina, a 15th-century octagonal font with carved panels on a moulded base, and an early 17th-century altar table. Other fittings and stained glass are from the 19th century. A cartouche from 1720 commemorates three Thomas Egertons, rectors, located on the south wall of the nave.