Church Of St Mary Magdalene

The Church of St Mary Magdalene is a church, largely rebuilt in 1912/13 by F. Bligh Bond. It is constructed from local stone with squared blocks and ashlar dressings, with a Welsh slate roof behind coped gables. Elements of the 15th century tower remain, the rest of the building is in an Art Nouveau style interpreted as 15th-century Gothic. The church consists of a nave and chancel, continuous for three bays each, a west tower, a south porch, and a north-east vestry.

The east end features a plinth and a five-light segmental arched window, with diamond stops to the label, a vent, and a cross finial to the gable. The south side has a buttress dividing the chancel and nave. The chancel contains two flat-headed windows with two cusped lights, without labels, and an elliptical arched doorway under an ogee label with a foliated window. The nave has a pointed arch window with 15th-century style tracery and an arched label with diamond stops, surmounted by a stepped false gable, followed by a flat-headed window similar to that in the chancel. A projecting south porch has a four-centred moulded archway, corner buttresses, and a Norman-style inner door, with a small single-light window to the west. The north side includes a projecting vestry with a lean-to roof and a four-centred arched doorway and single light window, with an octagonal chimney stack on a square base. The nave features arched two-light windows like those on the south, but without labels or false gables.

The 15th-century tower was considerably remodelled in 1748 and restored in 1929. It has two stages, with a plinth, angled corner offset buttresses, string courses, a plain shallow parapet with corner sweeps and obelisk pinnacles, and a pitched roof. A square plan staircase turret is located on the north-east corner, with a small slit window. The west face of the first stage has a moulded pointed arched doorway, and above it, a small two-light pointed arched window with an arched label, and a plaque inscribed 'WM/LH/1748'. Each face of the second stage has a semi-circular arched plain window, in a simple surround with impost blocks and keystones, fitted with wood baffles.

Inside, the church has a four-slope barrel roof of timber ribs with plaster panels, coloured over the chancel. The chancel contains choirstalls incorporating old materials, one bench end dated 1670, and another dating to 1913. A timber chancel screen is in a 15th-century style. There is good early 20th-century stained glass in the east window. The nave features a stone pulpit of 15th-century style, with steps set into the outer wall, an elliptical arch, an ogee label over the preaching position, and a small window to the recess. The font is octagonal, plain upon a square broached base, likely from the 13th century. The tower arch is probably late 15th century. The first recorded rector was in 1269.