St Bartholomew

Nave: walls are C12 with windows replaced c1905

both retain their C12 jambs

South doorway is C12 and has a round-arched shafted order with lozenge detail on the face and soffit, a similar rear arch and a plain tympanum [originally believed to have been figured (Pevsner)].

Chancel: walls are C12 at west end, remainder rebuilt 1905

the plain jambs of a blocked window is visible in the south-west wall and beneath is a mid-C17 memorial with a Latin inscription

Interior: nave roof is C15 and has cambered tie-beams, braced collars and two tiers of paired swept wind-braces.

The chancel has a pointed archway into the organ chamber, sedilia and the choir stalls incorporate early C17 linenfold panelling with fishscale detail similar to that at Shakenhurst nearby (qv).

The font is a fine mid-C12 example of circular plan, the bowl elaborately carved with beaded scroll and cable mouldings and the stem enriched with formal foliage in low relief.

The pulpit contains some C17 panelling with frieze detail.

A hatchment is displayed on the west wall.

This medieval church retains much of its original wall- ing, its C15 nave roof and a fine Norman font. (VCH iv, p 240