Church Of St Cuthbert

The Church of St Cuthbert is a parish church located in Clifton, originally built in the 12th century with additions from the 13th and 14th centuries, and partly rebuilt in 1846. It is constructed of red and calciferous sandstone rubble, with some limestone, and features large blocks of sandstone in the aisles. The roofs are made of graduated greenslate with coped gables, a cross finial, and an open bellcote at the west end.

The church has a two-bay nave with a north aisle and a south porch, as well as a two-bay chancel. Although the nave walls were almost completely rebuilt in 1846, the porch and north aisle appear to retain original 14th-century features. The west wall of the nave has some original elements, including a stepped plinth and a 19th-century two-light tracery window. The south wall features a rebuilt 12th-century doorway within the porch and a 17th-century two-light stone-mullioned window. The aisle includes a 14th-century segmental-arched doorway with a hollow-chamfered surround, and a 17th-century hollow-chamfered two-light east window with its original iron grille, along with a similar single-light west window.

The chancel was also rebuilt in 1846 and contains a blocked north door and two 19th-century lancet windows. The east window is a three-light lancet with partly original surrounds. There is a south priest's doorway with a partly-original shouldered surround and two reused lancet windows. Inside, the church features an open timber roof, a reset 17th-century stoup, and a white marble wall plaque dedicated to Reverend Moorhouse from 1818. The font is a recut 17th-century piece. A single pointed arch leads into the north aisle, which is used as the Wybergh Chapel and includes a coat-of-arms panel and an inscription from 1738 commemorating the marriage of the Wyberghs and Engaynes of Clifton Hall. There is a recess in the wall beside the altar and a medieval graveslab reset in the floor. The pulpit is from the 19th century but incorporates carved panels from the 16th and 17th centuries. The chancel features a reset medieval piscina and 19th-century choir stalls, one of which has an inscribed panel dated 1683 attached to its back. The ceiling is panelled timber.