Church of Saint Lawrence

The Church of Saint Lawrence is a building dating from the 15th century, constructed of rubble stone with slate roofs and coped gables. A substantial west tower, a short nave with a wide south porch, and a north transept make up the main body of the church. The west tower has a battered plinth with a chamfered moulding above, a tall main section with small rectangular louvred openings to the south, and an unusually deep, corbelled embattled parapet. The south-east stair tower also has an embattled parapet at the same height. A small, flat-headed two-light window from the late 19th century is located on the west side. The nave features flat-headed two-light windows from the late 19th century on both sides of the porch, and a small single-light window on the right, which is set lower and possibly restored from the medieval period, with a trefoiled head. A three-light east window is of similar design to the nave two-light windows. The south porch has an eroded segmental-pointed doorway with stone voussoirs. Inside the porch is a stone vault and stone seats, and to the right of the inner door is a stoup. The door itself has a pointed 19th-century ashlar surround, chamfered with late 19th-century double doors and strap hinges. The north transept contains a two-light window.

The whitewashed interior is a single space with a late 19th-century four-bay roof, featuring collar-trusses with king posts and boarding behind the rafters. A plastered medieval stone vault lies beneath the tower, open to the nave. A small segmental-pointed south door leads to a stone winding stair, and the west window has a deep splay. A low whitewashed wall to the right of the entry distinguishes the chancel, with two fossiliferous marble steps. A segmental-pointed doorway leads into the north transept, now used as a vestry, positioned opposite the south door. The chancel floor is laid with red tiles, with a black marble single step leading to the sanctuary, which features wrought iron railings with an IHS shield, and a single step up to the communion table. The vestry has a two-bay roof and a tiled floor.

Interior furnishings include pitch pine fittings: a simple, square two-panel pulpit (likely from the mid-19th century), raised above the chancel low wall, and plain pews and stalls. A whitewashed square medieval font sits on a round shaft. A stained glass window depicting the Crucifixion with Saint Mary and John, dating from around 1900, is located on the east side. The south side of the nave has a two-light window from 1924 by Jones & Willis, a second two-light window dedicated to Sarah and Saint Lawrence to Sarah Lewis (died 1905), and a third single-light window from 1992, signed by M.G. Lassen of Lulsgate. A wall plaque commemorating the enlargement of 1844 is located in the vestry, along with some earlier 19th-century open-back pews, and a parish chest dating from 1815.