Church Of St Catherine

The Church of St. Catherine is a church dating from the late 12th century, with significant additions and alterations in the 13th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of coursed lias rubble with limestone ashlar dressings, and has a plain tile roof to the chancel, porch, and vestry, and a lead roof to the nave and aisles. The church consists of an aisled nave, a chancel, and a west tower. The chancel was remodelled around 1885.

The south elevation has three window bays, featuring two 2-light windows with reticulated tracery, with a single lancet window between them, likely reset. Fragments of masonry from earlier openings are incorporated into the wall beneath the windows. A 3-light east window, also with reticulated tracery and a roundel, is present. The north elevation mirrors the south side, with one 2-light window. The gabled roof has ashlar parapets and a finial. The south aisle has two window bays, with a single lancet window to the left and a 2-light square-headed window to the right, and a 3-light east window. The 2-light west window features plate tracery and a lean-to roof. A 14th-century gabled porch with a double chamfered arch is located to the left of the south aisle. The north aisle also has two window bays of one and 2-light square-headed windows set in deep splays and a lean-to roof. A north vestry projection includes an 18th-century 3-light window with Gothic tracery; originally the east window, it was reset in the 19th century. The vestry has a gabled roof with ashlar parapets and twin stone stacks at the apex. The west tower is late 12th century, with three stages and large 2-stage clasped buttresses at the western corner. It has single lancet windows to the first and second stages, simple 2-light bell chamber openings on three faces of the third stage, and a plain parapet. The third stage is banded with ashlar and was probably restored in the 17th century.

Inside, the chancel has a 19th-century single arcade to the vestry. A 13th-century double chamfered chancel arch is present. The 3-bay nave arcade features 13th-century double chamfered arches and octagonal piers, with nailhead decoration to the capitals of those on the south side. A late 12th-century pointed tower arch with nailhead decoration to the capitals is also present. The roof is 19th century. Stained glass is found in the east window, by C.E. Moore in 1933, depicting a baluster with a serpent winding around the stem. A monument to Maunselns Courtman (1704) is located to the left of the altar, consisting of a tablet with a scull and crossbones above. A plain tablet commemorates the Adams family (1778) to the south of the chancel. A hatchment and a painted inscription, including the Lord's Prayer and Creed, are above the tower arch. A similar painted panel relates to the will of Mary Chapman (1826) in the north aisle. An inscribed metal plate to Mary Adams (1775) is set into the nave floor. Carved bench ends with foliated Gothic tracery, likely from the 16th century, are also present, along with a double pew with a canopy at the rear of the nave.