Architecure

The Belfry and General Plan
As Arthur Mee has written in his "The King's England": "Together they stand, the great house and God's house, in company with a 14th century Cross, a grand old yew tree, and the Moat which protected them both."

The belfry is a pitcuresque wooden campanile containing a single bell which is rung from the centre of the church. The plan of the church consists of chancel, nave and north proch, and a south Aisle which widens so as to form a commodious chapel. In the chancel are 14th century features, but the south chapel is an addition dating from the 17th to 18th centuries. The outer porch is modern, excepting perhaps for the threshold stone, but inside is a later Norman or Perpendicualr doorway with a heavy lintel and characteristic arch.

On entering through this north porch, on the right will be seen the west wall of the nave, which stands only a few feet from the Tudor Manor House beside it. It has a blocked up doorway with foliated spandrels and traces of a window inserted at some time to light the former western gallery.

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The main aisle in the Church