Church Of St Kentigern

The Church of St Kentigern is a church dating back to the 12th century, with alterations in the 14th century, renovations of 1849 by Bloxham of Rugby, and a tower added in 1897 for James Carruthers. The chancel is primarily constructed of dressed red sandstone from the nearby Roman Wall, featuring 19th-century ashlar dressings. The nave and tower are built of snecked ashlar, all under graduated slate roofs with decorative ridge tiles.

The three-story, northwest square tower has a pointed arch entrance and windows with hood-moulds, along with louvred vents to the bell chamber, angle buttresses, string courses, a castellated parapet, and a clock on the north face. The five-bay nave, externally remodeled in 1849, has pointed lancet windows with hood-moulds to the north and south aisles, trefoil clerestory windows with hood-moulds, and a west entrance featuring a trefoil head in an open pediment with dog-tooth decorations. The three-bay chancel has round-headed lancets set in 12th-century walls, with a tripartite east window. A 1897 vestry is located on the south wall.

Internally, the nave has four-bay arcades that Pevsner attributes to around 1170. These feature rounded columns with square abaci and rounded arches with one step and a slight chamfer. The capitals are carved with stylized leaves, partially cut away during the 14th century when the arcade was filled and the aisles demolished following a border raid. The chancel arch from the nave is composed of two orders of columns with spur and crocket capitals; the innermost order is a continuous roll, and the arch is decorated with rolls and dog-tooth motifs. Aisle windows have curvilinear leaded lights, and the east windows contain early 20th-century stained glass. The church has an open timber roof. A mid-19th-century oak-panelled porch is also present. The church contains a 19th-century table font with a 1911 brass cover, a 19th-century carved Gothic pulpit, and a brass eagle lectern, alongside other late 19th- or early 20th-century furnishings. The chancel displays 12th-century splays at the east end, and 19th-century replacements in enlarged original openings. A 12th-century south door, now inside the vestry, has a round-headed arch with incomplete dogtooth decoration. The churchyard retains rows of gravestones, some dating back to the 18th century, with one as early as the 1660s. A partially visible earlier graveslab is buried under the armac path.