Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church located on the south side of Thorngumbald Main Road. It has medieval origins, featuring 12th-century doors to the nave and vestry, with the vestry door being reset. The church was refenestrated in the 15th century, and the upper sections of the walls were rebuilt in the 17th century or earlier. The 18th century saw restorations and the addition of a new vestry, while the tower was rebuilt in 1758. Further restorations in 1858 included replacing the 18th-century tower with a bellcote, as well as reflooring, reseating, and reroofing the church. In the 20th century, brick repairs were made to the south side.

The building features random limestone rubble in the lower sections of the north, south, and east sides, with 17th to 18th-century brick above. The west side is constructed of coursed rubble and squared limestone, with 18th to 19th-century brick gables and limestone ashlar dressings. The roof is banded slate, and the vestry is made of brown brick with a pantile roof. The church has a four-bay nave and chancel that occupies the nave of a former church, with north and south doors, a west bellcote, and a vestry adjoining the south side of the chancel. There are buttresses with offsets on the north, south, and east sides.

On the north side, there is a 19th-century pointed double-chamfered door with a hoodmould and a pair of restored pointed two-light traceried windows. The south side features a blocked 12th-century round-headed chamfered door with plain chamfered imposts and a hoodmould, along with three traceried windows similar to those on the north side. The east window is a 19th-century pointed three-light traceried window, while the west lancet is cinquefoiled with a carved keystone beneath a pointed arch recess in the corbelled lower section of the bellcote, which has a coped gable, shaped kneelers, and a finial. The vestry has tumbled-in brick to its raised gable with a later end stack.

Inside, the nave is open to the chancel. There is a reset 12th-century round-headed chamfered door to the vestry, featuring plain chamfered imposts and a hoodmould with nailhead moulding. The sanctuary has a fielded-panel dado, possibly made from reused sections of former 18th-century box pews, while the remainder of the interior has plain panelling. The roof dates from the 19th century. A cylindrical tub font from the 12th century is set on a later octagonal shaft and base. The interior also includes the Royal Arms from 1858 and a painting of the church before the 1858 restoration, which hangs in the nave.