Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a church building with origins dating back to the 11th century, incorporating elements from the 12th and 15th centuries. It was restored and extended in 1885, commissioned by Lord Auckland of Edenthorpe. The church is constructed with cement rendering and has graduated slate roofs. It comprises a 3-bay nave with a north aisle and a west belfry, a narrower 2-bay chancel with a north chapel, and a 20th-century north vestry.

The nave exhibits exposed quoins. A 19th-century porch on the left side features a chamfered, pointed arch with a hoodmould beneath a coped gable with a cross. The 12th-century south doorway within the porch retains an old door and has a chamfered, 2-order round arch with renewed shafts and a plain hood. A restored, round-headed slit window sits to the left of the porch, while a 15th-century, cusped, square-headed 3-light window is located to the right, flanked by 12th-century round-headed slit windows. Further to the right is a square-headed, ogee-traceried, single-light window. The ashlar gable copings include an east cross, and the square belfry has louvred sides and a shingle-covered pyramidal roof. A 19th-century west window consists of 3 cusped lights beneath a square head with a hoodmould, with a gable slit above. The north aisle, added in 1885, has a separately-roofed design with a chamfered plinth and a Tudor-arched, 3-light west window with a hoodmould, along with square-headed north windows of 2 and 3 lights.

The chancel is lower than the nave and has quoins. A small priests door has a chamfered, quoined surround and an ogee-soffit lintel. To its left is a square-headed, ogee-traceried, single-light window and, to the right, a similar window of 2 lights. The 19th-century east window comprises 3 lights with a pointed, hollow-chamfered surround and a hoodmould, topped with ashlar gable copings and a cross. The chapel on the right features a square-headed 3-light window with cusping and a hoodmould.

Inside, a pointed medieval diaphragm arch sits on corbels beneath the belfry, and there are deep embrasures to the 12th-century south windows. A 19th-century north arcade displays octagonal piers and moulded capitals to double-chamfered arches. The chancel arch, likely dating back to the 11th century, is a plain round arch with chamfered imposts; the southern impost is carved with crosses and a zig-zag motif. A lancet-headed piscina has a square bowl. Monuments include a wall monument in the north aisle dedicated to George Cooke Yarborough of Streethorpe (died 1818), a grey marble panel with an inscription on a white tablet beneath a cornice on consoles, crafted by Lockwood of Doncaster. Another monument is dedicated to George Cooke of Carr House (died 1892).