North Porch
There are two bridges crossing the stream, most visitors now use the bridge to the north. This replaced a bridge with two arches which bore a plaque to say it had been 'Erected by the Revd T Greaves; J Garret, Surveyor, 1784'.
Although the main entrance was originally the South porch, the church is now only entered through the north porch, which was built to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in June 1897, at a cost of £105. 19s. 6d. Early prints indicate that there was a porch here before the present one, and Episcopal records confirm, also Nichols records that over the north porch was inscribed 'IfM 1691', which according to records is when the original north porch was repaired "....the Vestry adjoining the chancel is wholly out of repair, two windows of the church are not well repaired both church porches are out of repair".
Click on image below to see plaque inside North Porch
South Porch - now unused.
Episcopal records show that vandals existed in 1666 " The south porch of our church being but the ---- building the lead that covers it is exposed to be cut and mangled by boys and other irregular persons wherefore we humbly desire the reverend Bishop.. will be pleased to licence us to take off the lead and empty the same about repairing of our parish church, and to set up a new roof over the parish church and slate or tyle it"