Exterior The small two-cell church has a nave and chancel with a lower roof. The roofline was lowered in the medieval period (since restored) and some larger windows inserted (several since removed), but otherwise it is a remarkably intact survival from the Norman period without additions of later aisle or transepts, the only substantial later structures being a 19th-century belfry, plus a vestry on the north side of the chancel. Its most notable external feature is a magnificent Norman doorway on the south side with four or more levels of elaborately carved arches. In the gable are weathered relief of Christ in majesty and several symbols including the lamb and flag, the cross and the sun and moon. The boarded door had iron studs and a 13th-century bronze sanctuary ring (door knocker) depicting a monster swallowing a man that was replaced by a replica after the original was stolen in 2002. The church has small Norman round windows and a flat-headed 14th-century decorated window in the nave; a further such window in the chancel was removed in the 1879 restoration and its appearance returned to the original Norman style. The south wall of the chancel has a small priests' doorway. The vestry is connected by a short passage to the north-west side of the church with an arched doorway and trefoil window, while the vestry has a three-light east window. The three small, Norman-style windows in the east end wall of the chancel were re-inserted in the nineteenth century, having previously been blocked up and partly replaced by a single window in the decorated style dating from 1681, as illustrated here. The north and south walls are decorated with 81
corbels and the chancel arch has 37 grotesque beakheads. The bellcote dates from 1839.
Interior The chancel arch dates from 1160 to 1170, its carved capitals show the baptism of Christ, the crucifixion, a centaur with bow and a horseman with lance. The octagonal font at the west end is possibly the original having been found in the churchyard in 1859. A carved oak canopy by
Eric Gill from 1921 depicts the crucifixion, six of the sacraments and a Christian arriving in heaven. The oak pulpit with panels carved in linenfold style was presented by EW Beckett of
Kirkstall Grange in memory of his wife who died in 1891. The stained glass is by
Henry Gyles of York. ==Organisation==