The Point (Formerly St Stephen's Church)

The Point, formerly known as St Stephen's Church, is a Grade II listed building designed in the Gothic style of the 13th century. The church features a prominent bell tower located near the northeast corner, topped with a shingled octagonal spire, a polygonal vice, and a machicolated parapet. It is a single-naved church with transverse gables on the north side that create an aisle. The exterior is constructed from snecked rubble with buttresses and freestone dressings, including gable parapets adorned with finials. The roof is slate with cresting.

There are gabled porches with boarded doors at the east and west ends on the north side, with the eastern porch being the main entrance. This porch features a cusped arch surround leading to a two-order entrance with dog-tooth moulding. A chimney stack is located at the corner by the simply chamfered west porch. An additional bay has been added to the east end, beyond the tower, designed in a similar style. The gables have three-light windows with sexfoil oculi and stopped labels, while the clerestory features sexfoil roundels behind the gables. The west and east ends have five-light windows with stepped-up central lights. The gable end on the eastern side is set back to the left and includes a two-light window and a similar two-order arch entrance.

The building has been converted for theatre use, which includes a café/bar, box office, storage, and other facilities. The nave, originally consisting of six bays, features pointed arches and visible shafts with dogtooth capitals. The masonry has been painted dark blue, and the roof is arch-braced. The aisle bays have transverse roofing. Most windows are obscured, except for the eastern end where a five-light window has been installed at first-floor level to light the café/bar. At the base of the stairs leading to the café/bar, there are triple sedilia in the style of the 14th century.