Listed Building: CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW (1138313)

Church. 1879-81 by F J Robinson incorporating earlier parts and C13 west tower. Tower of coursed gritstone, nave and chancel of limestone ashlar. West tower, nave and chancel each with north aisle, and massive west buttress. The buttress is contemporary with the slightly later second stage with small lancets. Perp top with flat headed 2-light mullioned windows, battlements and C19 pinnacles. The 1879-81 work is in the EE style with plate tracery and lancets. C12 south doorway with one order of colonnettes, chevron moulding over the arch and a tympanum with surprisingly crude incised pictures. Three bay nave north arcade and two bay chancel north arcade, with foliage capitals. C13 tower arch, three-stepped on the simplest imposts. C14 chancel arch with C19 responds. C12 tub-shaped font with short stumpy arcades on C19 base. Good interior features of c1881 include the pulpit with blue John bosses, marble reredos, tiled chancel floor and brass altar rails, lectern and candle holders on choir stalls. Listing NGR: SK2352250585