Church Of St Lawrence

The Church of St Lawrence is a church dating back to the 12th century, with further development in the 13th and 15th centuries. It was restored in 1858. The chancel was rebuilt in 1848 by J.M. Derick, the north aisle and arcade were rebuilt in 1850, and the south porch was added in 1911. The church is constructed from coursed limestone and ironstone rubble, with slate and plain-tile roofs. It comprises a chancel, aisled nave, south porch, and west tower.

The 2-bay chancel features a 3-light east window, and 2-light windows on the north and south sides, all with Decorated-style tracery and hood moulds. The walling incorporates limestone banded with ironstone. The chancel has deep, hollow-chamfered stone eaves, diagonal offset buttresses, and a stone-coped east gable with kneelers. The aisles also have 2-light windows with Decorated-style tracery, hood moulds, and the south side features a pointed arched doorway within a porch. The porch includes a small niche above the doorway and paired cusped 1-light windows on either side.

The 3-stage west tower has a small round-headed door to the south with an old plank door, 1-light windows with hood moulds to the west, a lancet window with a hood mould and label stops to the south middle stage, and 2-light bell-chamber openings with a transom, trefoil-headed lights, quatrefoil to the head, and hood moulds. The tower includes massive diagonal offset buttresses, gargoyles to the angles, and a battlemented, chamfered chancel arch with polygonal responds.

The nave features 3-bay arcades; the north arcade is 19th century with circular piers and elaborate foliage capitals. The south arcade has polygonal east and west responds with stiff-leaf capitals and other decorated elements, including keeled shafts, coupled shafts, capitals with carved heads and moulded bases, and octagonal abaci. The arcades are double-chamfered. A Norman font with a square bowl and ornament of interlacing semi-circles, and a circular stem – likely much re-cut – is present. A 7-sided panelled pulpit, likely from the late 18th century, is also in the church.