St Nicholas Church

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The Church, dedicated to St Nicholas, is a stone structure, partly in the Norman, Early English, and Decorated styles, and consists of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, south porch, and a square embattled tower, in which is a peal of five bells. It was restored and enlarged in 1865, when a south aisle and a south porch were added, in memory of the Rev. C. A. F. Annesley. The east window, a beautiful memorial one, in stained glass, to the Empson family, was erected in 1865 by the present rector, who also supplied in 1872 a handsome reredos of encaustic tiles. Several other windows in the chancel and north aisle are filled with stained glass, and the south aisle contains several mural tablets to the Annesley family. There is also in the chancel an ancient piscina in good preservation.