Church Of Saint Mary

The Church of Saint Mary is a church built between 1865 and 1872 by architects J.M. and H. Taylor. It is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof. The building has a nave with aisles, a clerestory, transepts, a chancel, and a northwest tower, all designed in the Gothic Revival style with Decorated elements.

The north elevation showcases a four-bay nave with elaborately buttressed aisles. The aisle windows are composed of two lights with Decorated tracery and hood moulds, while the clerestory has square-headed, three-light openings with cusped tracery. The transept features a rose window and a central circular buttress that rises from a three-stage hexagonal base, topped with a carved animal finial. The chancel consists of two bays, with diagonal buttresses and detailed moulded eaves. Each section of the church has a separate roof covered with patterned slates, complete with gable parapets and cross finishes.

The tower is tall and consists of four stages, with diagonal offset buttresses and an octagonal stair turret on the left side. The bell stage includes two cusped lancet openings, ball flower eaves detail, and gargoyles depicting angels and animals. The broach spire is adorned with gabled lucarnes and canopy pinnacles at each corner.

Inside, there is a four-light stone screen separating the chancel from the organ chamber and vestry, polished granite columns in the nave arcade, and a central area defined by high transeptal and chancel arches. The roofs are scissor trussed, except for the chancel, which is braced and panelled. The church is part of a cohesive group with the school located to the south, designed in the same architectural style.