Normanton Church, with semi-circular portico and tower, was built in 1826 to 1829 and was designed by Thomas Cundy, then architect to the Grosvenor estate in Westminster. The original site of Normanton Church (St Matthew's Church as it was once known) would have placed it below the proposed water line of Rutland Water. It was saved from this fate following a project, aided by voluntary subscription, which raised the level of the church and placed it above the water level on a pier of stones. The Church now stands proudly by the side of Rutland Water and houses a museum and exhibition on the building of the reservoir which is open to the public from April to October.
