Church of Saint Hilary

The Church of Saint Hilary is a Grade II listed building designed in the Gothic-Revival style, featuring elements from the Decorated and Early English periods. Constructed from red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof and red ridge tiles, the church has a polygonal apse, a projecting south porch, and a vestry to the north. The west end is topped with a bell-cote that houses three bells and is adorned with a crucifix finial. The nave windows are three-light designs with Decorated style tracery and hoodmoulds that have foliated stops, while the chancel windows are cusped lancets with hoodmoulds featuring male and female head stops.

The nave and aisles share a single roof, with the nave arcade made of red sandstone, showcasing boldly carved capitals and polished granite piers. The chancel arch rises from corbels with attached granite shafts, leading to a raised chancel and altar. The chancel windows are set in a cusped arcade with polished granite shafts. Inside, the nave features an exposed timber scissor-braced roof, while the chancel ribs rise from stone corbels.

Furnishings within the church include a Caen stone pulpit adorned with recessed quatrefoil designs and incised texts, as well as an octagonal font of similar design topped with an oak lid. An oak reading desk is carved with a scene of the Annunciation, and there is an organ with a pitch-pine case made by Charles Whitely & Co. from Chester. The reredos, added in 1872, features a central gabled niche with a carved stone representation of Christ with bread and wine. The pews and choir furnishings are made of pitch pine. The stained glass windows, primarily memorials to the Boates family, are unattributed. Additionally, memorials on the south wall include late 18th century and early 19th century monuments from the earlier church that once stood on this site.