Buildings

Until the end of World War 2, the main occupation in the village was agricultural, but now many of the smaller farms have disappeared. Top Farm, Spring Farm and Lodge Farm are private dwellings. Most of the newer houses, and the older ones which have been modernised or extended, are occupied by commuters or retired people.^[5] Several of its buildings are grade 2 listed, including the 17th-century half-timbered Dower Cottage^[6] at the entrance to the village, and Old Well House,^[7] a former farm on a minor lane leading east towards the 18th-century Redhall Farm, which is also grade 2 listed.^[8]

The two most substantial houses are the former 19th-century Rectory and the mixed style Broome House. The main building of the latter dates from the 18th century and has a facing of ashlar over a classical-styled front with a central Diocletian window. Behind it extend predominantly gothic features, built partly of brick and partly of the local red sandstone, in a style that has been attributed to the Warwick architects William and David Hiorn.^[9]

The church of St Peter is of ancient date and during a period of neglect the church bell once hung from an old oak tree stump in the churchyard. The church was rebuilt in brick about 1780 with its main entrance through the first stage of the tower. Inside is a marble monument designed by John Flaxman commemorating Anne Hill, who died in 1804. There is also the bowl of the original Romanesque font, restored from the former church.^[10] St Peter's was grade 2 listed in 1958.^[11] From Victorian times it had a small adjoining school which closed in 1933. The church now forms part of a combined ministry with the villages of Blakedown and Churchill.^[12]