Church Of St Mary

The Church of St. Mary is a Grade II listed building constructed between 1874 and 1876 by architects J. M. and H. Taylor. It features a timber-framed design inspired by St. Lawrence in Denton, with a brick tower and a slate roof. The church consists of a nave and chancel, a south aisle, and a north tower that includes a baptistry at its base.

The nave has three bays, a brick plinth, timber buttresses, and windows with two or four lights that are mullioned and have ogee heads and hoodmoulds. The roof has overhanging eaves and three gabled dormer windows. The gabled porch is adjacent to the octagonal tower, which has cusped lancets at the lower level, a terracotta band, and a romantic conical roof with gablets on four of its eight sides. The aisle features three gables with five-light windows similar to those in the nave, and there are five-light transomed windows on the east and west sides.

The chancel is adorned with decorative timberwork, pargetting, and elaborately designed bargeboards on the gables. Diagonally set timber buttresses with finials provide additional support. Inside, the church has diagonally braced tie-beam roof trusses with scissor-braces, supported on the south by enriched aisle posts. The chancel and the area above the baptistry are decorated with pargetting. Notable interior features include an alabaster bowl font on multiple colonnettes, timber fittings such as pierced screens and a pulpit, a panelled reredos, and stained glass windows. The church exemplifies the charm and craftsmanship characteristic of Taylor's work.