Church Of St Mary And St Patrick

The Church of St Mary and St Patrick is a parish church built in 1885 by William Searle Hicks. It is constructed of squared stone with dressings and has a roof made of Hardrow tiles. The church features a nave, chancel, south porch, and organ chamber, designed in a free 13th-century style. There is a plinth and a string course at sill level. The nave consists of three bays, with single and paired lancet windows, and a large stepped buttress at the center of the west end that supports an octagonal belfry. This belfry has shouldered-arched openings set diagonally and a short stone spire. Additionally, there is a simpler bell-cote on the east gable of the nave that carries an old bell, which is reputed to have come from Lambley Priory.

The gabled south porch features a chamfered pointed arch beneath a panel with a relief fleur-de-lys. The chancel, which has two bays, includes a two-light window, a small priest's door, and a three-light window on the south side, along with a triplet of lancets at the east end, adorned with two fleur-de-lys panels and a quatrefoil window above. The organ chamber on the north side has two-light mullioned windows.

Inside, there is a triple-chamfered chancel arch decorated with dogtooth and nailhead ornamentation, and a chamfered arch on corbels leading to the organ chamber. The chancel features a quadripartite rib vault, while the nave has a quite elaborate roof structure that combines principal-rafter trusses with trussed rafter forms. The church also contains various contemporary fittings.