Church Of Saint Roch

The Church of Saint Roch is a Grade II* listed building located in Closworth, dating back to the 14th century with modifications from the 15th century. It is constructed from local stone rubble that is roughly coursed, with Ham stone dressings. The roof is covered with plain clay tiles, featuring coped gables and ornamental ridge tiles, along with a cross finial on the east gable.

The church consists of a single cell with a west tower and a small projecting chapel on the north side. It has a plinth, except for part of the north side, and an eaves course. The east window is a pointed late 15th-century design with traceries set in a deep recess, flanked by angled corner buttresses with offsets. The south side has three bays; the first and second bays contain two-light 14th-century windows without labels, with a trefoil arched blocked opening between them, while the third bay features a recessed late 15th-century traceried window. On the north side, there are two 14th-century two-light windows without labels, separated by a wide half-height buttress. The north chapel is simple in design, with a 15th-century three-light window.

The west tower is straightforward, built in two stages. It has a plain pointed arched doorway on the south side leading into the tower and church, and lancet windows with hoods on the north and west sides of the first stage, along with similar windows above on the north, west, and south sides. The tower is topped with a simple parapet and corner gargoyles.

Inside, the church features a boarded and ribbed barrel vault ceiling with two old crossbeams. There is a trefoil arched piscina and stoup in the south wall, and a notable monument in a cinquefoil recess in the north wall, resembling the north chapel of 1328 in St Mary, Limington. This monument includes an elaborate carved overmantle with supporting figures in the corners and a recumbent effigy of a cross-legged knight, believed to be Sir John de Domer, which is in unusually good condition.