Church Of St Aidan

The Church of St Aidan is a parish church built between 1905 and 1906 by the architects Connon & Chorley from Leeds. It is constructed of dressed, snecked sandstone with a Westmorland slate roof. The church features a north entrance porch, a north tower, a four-bay nave, a three-bay chancel, and a north vestry, all designed in a Free Gothic style. The gabled porch has a segmental pointed arch entrance with a plank door fitted with iron strap hinges and diagonal buttresses. The three-stage tower includes three-light windows with segmental pointed arches on the first stage, a small lancet window on the second stage above a splayed water table, and a large three-light louvred window at the bell stage, topped with embattled machicolation. The nave has two three-light windows on the north side and four similar windows on the south side. The chancel features a three-light east window with cusped heads and a cruciform finial on the east gable. The entrance to the north vestry has a Tudor arch. Inside, the church has an arched trussed roof supported by bolted king posts.