Nearby is the 12th-century Thornton Abbey and the Grade I listed Abbots Lodge, a country house built on the monastic ruins for the MP Sir Vincent Skinner.

The parish church is a Grade I listed building dedicated to Saint Lawrence and dating from the 12th century.

It consists of a 13th-century chancel, a nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled 13th-century western tower with eight pinnacles and containing 5 bells.

The church was restored 1884 by James Fowler of Louth which included rebuilding the south porch, and new nave and chancel roofs.

[2] Thornton Hall is a Grade II* listed country house built between 1695 and 1700 by Sir Rowland Wynne.