Church Of St George

The Church of St George is a parish church that dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, with substantial rebuilding excluding the tower occurring in 1868 by J M Hay, along with some minor external alterations in the 20th century. It is constructed of local red sandstone rubble with freestone dressings and features a double Roman tile roof, which includes two small flat-roofed dormers above the chancel arch with leaded lights. The church has coped verges with some cruciform finials and a pyramidal tile roof over the vestry.

Architecturally, the early features are all in the Perpendicular style, while the restoration reflects the Decorated style. The layout includes a nave, chancel, north and south aisles, a south porch, a virtually detached heated south vestry, and a north chancel chapel that now houses the organ. The west tower is simple and embattled, featuring angle buttresses, two-light bell-chamber windows, a three-light west window, and a west door. The nave has five bays with three-light windows in shafted surrounds, while the single bay chancel has a large four-light south window and a three-light east window. The north aisle arcade is supported by circular piers, and the south aisle arcade has hexagonal piers.

Inside, there is a plain chamfered chancel arch of two orders, above which is a painted text, and a tower arch of two orders supported on corbels. The nave features a simple tie-beam roof, lean-to roofs over the aisles, and a vaulted plaster ceiling in the chancel. The tower includes a 15th-century ring chamber floor. The interior was refurbished in the 19th century, which included new pews and a pulpit, encaustic tiles in the chancel, a reredos with mosaic panels, and glazed tiles on the walls. A restored 15th-century octagonal font is present, along with a piscina in the vestry believed to be a reused font from around 950. The church contains much stained glass, particularly in the east window from 1890 and the west window from 1903. There is also an 18th-century tablet under the tower and a further 19th-century tablet. A restored Jacobean communion table is located in the south aisle, along with a life-sized painting of The Crucifixion by Guido Reni, created between 1575 and 1672.