Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary was built in 1898, although it incorporates the base of a medieval tower and reused Norman corbels built into the organ chamber roof. Designed by Temple Moore for Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet, and featuring carvings by John Thompson & Co., the church is constructed of sandstone ashlar with a lead roof.

The church is in the Gothic Revival style, inspired by the 14th century, and is characterized by reticulated-type tracery throughout. The west tower has three stages and a south-west stair turret. It has a stepped and chamfered plinth, angle buttresses, a pointed three-light window, and belfry openings. A corbel table with central gargoyles sits above the openings, topped with battlements pierced with crosses. The nave, with five bays and aisles, also has a stepped and chamfered plinth. It features gableted angle buttresses and a south porch with crocketed ogee arches that contain statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and two saints. The porch has a intricately decorated door within a three-order surround of nook-shafts. The nave roof is tierceron-vaulted. The aisles have three-light pointed windows under hoodmoulds, while the chancel has four-light, straight-headed windows. The north vestry has three-light pointed windows and two- and three-light straight-headed windows. Octagonal stair turrets with blind arcaded tops are located at the corners of the chancel.

Inside, the medieval tower arch is triple-chamfered and hooded, with label stops. A four-bay arcade with clustered piers and moulded capitals sits between the nave and aisles. An ornate timber rood screen is present. The chancel is richly decorated with statues, and the windows have inner tracery. Features include triple sedilia and a piscina. The aisles have vaulted roofs, the nave has wagon roofs, and there is a late 19th-century octagonal font with an elaborate carved cover. Several marble wall monuments are located in the south aisle. These include monuments dedicated to Elizabeth Egerton and the Kirkby family, erected in 1795, and a monument to Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, dating to 1823, featuring a mourning figure and a broken column. A monument to Henrietta Masterman, dating to 1813 includes a seated figure by a sarcophagus with an urn. Stained glass windows are mostly by H V Milner, with some by Burtison and Grylls.