St Botholph's is a redundant church > Link - Link that is now privately owned.

The surrounding churchyard, however, is still in use. At the beginning of the 20th century the nave was roofless and the chancel served as a mortuary chapel. The building has since been re-roofed with sheets of copper which have turned green.

The small church dates from Norman times and it has retained the finely carved Norman south doorway, with bands of chevrons, a diaper pattern and an angle roll decorated with stars > Link.

The diagonal buttresses at each end of the building > Link are medieval as are the C15 octagonal font > Link and the C15 pews > Link which survived despite the nave having been roofless for some time.

The east pew is the only one with its arm rest intact. It depicts the figure of a shepherd with his crook, and his dog at his feet > Link. The carving has retained some of its original paint.

The double-decker pulpit is Jacobean (C17) as are the solid altar rails > Link.

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