Parish Church of Saint Nicholas

Detail of 1884-86. Six-bay nave roof with arch-braced trusses and king-posts with raked struts. Similar roof in chancel; scissor-truss roof in E chapel of aisle. Pews with blind trefoils to ends. Two-bay arcade of Bathstone; double-chamfered arches on quatrefoil section pier with moulded cap. Double-chamfered chancel arch with bulbous stops at springing-level. Single arch from chancel to aisle. Timber pulpit with open cusped panels. Floor level to chancel raised in C19, cutting across C17 Scourfield tomb. Aisle is empty, subdivided at E end. Plain plastered tower arch. Base of tower is barrel-vaulted; Tudor-headed door to stair. Font is probably Norman with low scalloped square bowl, much repaired and restored. Fine monument in chancel to William Scourfield, d1621. Wall-tomb with arcaded chest having fluted pilasters, inscription on slab. Upper stage of three bays divided by Ionic colonettes, central tablet with strapwork; big heraldic shield above within roundel with greyhound crest. William Henry Scourfield, MP, d1843. Greek style tablet with small coat of arms in pediment; by the Patent Works, Westminster. Plain barrel-vaulted crypt under chancel is entered via narrow passage underneath later aisle from outside. Crypt contains several lead coffins to C18-C19 Scourfields, some with splendid coats of arms and velvet hangings. Also, bones of a greyhound, said to have died of starvation in the crypt under the coffin of his master. Several iron taper-holders set into walls. West wall of crypt seems to be an insertion, with possibly more tombs beyond.

Plan consists of nave and lower chancel, with north aisle being slightly shorter at W end. West tower of late C15-C16 type, tall tapering and embattled, with low battered base below stringcourse. NW stair-vice to tower with small loops. Paired arched belfry lights of 1884-6 with slated louvres; paired lancets over chamfered W door, which is also late C19; boarded door with branched iron hinges. Body of church of rubble construction, with areas of rougher medieval masonry. Roofs formerly of Pembrokeshire stone tiles, now slate: prominent iron finials to gables. Square section downpipes of cast iron. S side of nave has central shallow porch with steep Bathstone gable. Moulded arched doorway, and boarded door with iron branch hinges. Two-light flat-headed Bathstone window each side of 1883-86, trefoiled lights. Two-stage buttress to right. Chancel is of a different build, with low plinth. Two-light flat-headed Bathstone window, ogee trefoil heads; similarly detailed lancet to right. Twin-gabled E elevation with 1880s windows. Chancel has large 3-light Decorated style window with elongated quatrefoils. Aisle has two-light flat-headed window with shouldered lights, and detached roundel above with inset trefoil. N elevation has railed enclosure to left for steps to crypt. Left lancet. Central buttress combined with corbelled base of truncated chimney. Broad triplet window to right of the 1880s, arched lights. Two-light plate-traceried window to W end of aisle: nave has large trefoiled lancet to right.