... gothic style, with finial spires and tracery windows. There was smooth sandstone which meant that the building had been worked upon throughout time and also an old medieval crypt around the back of the church but we did not have access to it. Around the side of the church we found cannonball holes. Our teacher told us that this was done by Oliver Cromwell and his men punishing the church. When we came across Cromwell's cottage it had a plaque on the wall telling us the date he lodged there (if he stayed at that exact cottage), this plaque was very vague and said that Cromwell lodged around here. The cottage had leaded windows and a thick slate roof which suggests that it was Tudor. I had the same problem with the plaque for the Marquis of Granby (also Tudor), which also said he had lodged around there. This building was important ...

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