St Bartholomew

nave, south aisle added c.1330-40, west tower of c.1539 with top stage added or rebuilt in 1769 (datestone) at the expense of Andrew Corbet.

Squire's pew added and west and east walls of chancel refaced or rebuilt in 1778 (datestone) for the rector, William Clarke, and whole church restored in 1883 at the expense of Sir Vincent R. Corbet Dressed red sandstone (C12) and grey sandstone ashlar

plain tile roofs.

moulded cornice, plain parapet with inscribed cartouche to west [illegible at time of survey except for date: 1769] and corner pinnacles which each have shallow ogee-headed panels with carved flaming urns on pedestals, and truncated crocketed caps (removed after lightening strike

see pair flanking war memorial to west - not included on this list).

C16 second stage west window of 3 trefoil-headed lights with panelled tracery, moulded reveals, and returned hoodmould.

West doorway has a pair of C19 boarded doors with strap hinges, Tudor- arch with broach-stopped chamfered reveals, carved spandrels with foliage and shields, moulded square head, and returned hoodmould with carved Prince of Wales feathers and rose,and carved stops (left-hand missing).

C19 dressed grey sandstone lean-to to right incorporating fragments of dressed and carved masonry

3-light window with intersecting tracery and hoodmould with inverted bell-type stops (lower parts of window possibly medieval).

Interior: probably C16 four-bay nave roof consisting of chamfered arch-braced collars with central pendants, V-struts, and 2 pairs of purlins, upper set with cusped wind braces.

3-bay C14 arcade consisting of quatrefoil-section piers with moulded bases and capitals, double hollow-chamfered arches, and continuous hoodmould.

2 steps up to Squire's pew with moulded arch dying into responds and hoodmould, returned to left and with carved head stop to right

Remains of C17 round-arched window in south wall of chancel, incorporated in sedile with bracket to support widening at left.

Fittings: chancel remodelled by Sir Ninian Comper in 1905 in memory of Vincent Stewart Corbet [churchyard monument (q.v.)].

Panelling behind with carved uprights depicting squirrels in oak leaves, and battlemented top.

central posts resting on backs of 2 alabaster elephants and castles and carved squirrels on tops of shafts.

Cusped spandrels, vaulted soffit with carved bosses and transverse arches, and cresting to front.

2 small figures of the Annunciation free-standing against the glass.

Canopy above reredos with pendants, pierced cusped spandrels, carved angels at front corners, frieze and latticed soffit.

C17 wooden pulpit (2 panels high) with carved lozenges, carved bands and frieze, and arcaded top.

C17 reader's desk with 2-panelled front, carved arabesques, guilloche borders and carved frieze

C17 parish chest in chancel.

Circa 1800 octagonal stone Gothic font with tall trefoiled arcading, and semi-circular niche in each arch

Stained glass: Comper glass in east window.

Good glass in east window of south aisle dated 1892 in memory of Vincent Rowland Corbet.

Fragments of Medieval stained glass incorporated in internal west doors and west window.

Painted armorial glass in Squire's pew dated 1790.

Good series of Corbet and other monuments

3 x 6 bays with crocketed cinquefoil ogee panels, carved frieze, and 2 recumbent effigies.

Two late C17 style tablets with Latin inscriptions

bottom with frieze, 2 winged angels and inverted bell-style bracket.

tablet with lugged central panel, winged angels head at top, Ionic pilasters, segmental pediment with shell, and brackets at base with putti.

Monuments in Squire's pew: Richard Corbet , in corner

Central moulded Gothic-arched recess with keystone and imposts and demi figure of the deceased.

Base with large volute brackets beneath pilasters and large central winged angel's head.

D.H.S. Cranage, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, Part 8, pp.700-4