Church Of St Mary

The Church of St. Mary is a Grade II* listed building located in Stoughton. The church features a 14th-century tower, while the majority of the structure was built in 1862 by architects Dain and Smith. It is constructed of ashlar stone with Welsh slate roofs and parapets. The layout includes a west tower, nave, aisles, chancel, and south porch.

The tower consists of three stages and has a two-light west window, a northwest stair, one-light bell openings, a pointed trefoiled frieze, battlements with pinnacles, and a crocketted spire featuring two tiers of lucarnes. Inside, there is a triple chamfered arch leading to the nave, supported by polygonal responds. The north arcade has four bays with two rounded and two pointed arches, while the south arcade also has four bays with double chamfered arches on octagonal piers. The clerestory includes four three-light Perpendicular-style windows on either side.

The wide north aisle contains five large windows with intersected tracery, cusping, and cinquefoiled circles at the apex, possibly reflecting the original design. The north door is present, and the chancel features an east window along with three windows on either side, all showcasing curvilinear tracery. The chancel roof, dating from the 19th century, has three bays with curved braces supporting curved collars, and the floor is tiled, likely with Minton tiles.

The south aisle has an east window with curvilinear tracery, three south windows with reticulated tracery, and a west window with intersected tracery. The south doorway is also elaborately moulded. Notable monuments in the north aisle include an alabaster double table tomb for Thomas Farnham, who died in 1562, featuring recumbent effigies and four children holding shields. There is a wall monument to Sir Thomas Beaumont from 1631 and another to Sir George Beaumont from 1737, signed by the sculptor Scheemakers, along with an obelisk adorned with shields between two urns. A slab commemorates Roger Crosley, a former vicar, from 1633, and there are additional 18th and 19th-century wall monuments. The church also houses a painted wooden Georgian Royal Arms carved in high relief, a chamber organ from around 1830 in a carved mahogany case, and a 19th-century octagonal font.