The guide book says a church has been here for over 900 years and possibly 1100 although most of the building dates from a Victorian renovation in 1848 after the dilapidated old church had been largely pulled down in 1844.
At the west end of the south aisle can be found the three pillars which survive from the original church showing the Early English style (all other pillars are Victorian copies). Also in this corner of the church is the only window to survive from the old church with stonework c.1400 although the glass is Victorian.
The view down the nave towards the Chancel.
The east window above the altar.
The piscine on the north wall of the chancel
The sedilla on the south side of the Chancel
The Norman arch in the north wall of the chancel – this was most probably the chancel arch in the original church. Pevsner dates the capitals as late C11 and the arch as early C12.
The south aisle, porch and tower. He tower is typical of the towers of churches in Warwickshire from C14 or C15.
The church is hidden from the main road by a row of houses/shops but worth seeking out. It is essentially a Victorian church designed by J P Harrison, who, according to the church guide, was ‘a London architect of no great note in his profession, but an Oxford man and a gentleman and a scholar’. He was a follower of follower of the Gothic revivalist Pugin.
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