Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church that features some medieval elements of uncertain date but was largely rebuilt during restoration in 1871. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and has a Welsh slate roof. The building includes a nave with a bellcote and a south porch, as well as a chancel with a north vestry.

The nave has raised verges and a coved cornice, with a plain gabled bell-cote at the west end. To the right of the gabled porch, there is one square-headed light and one two-light square-headed window, which may date from the 16th or 17th century. The doorway features a two-centred arched head with two orders: the outer is chamfered and the inner is moulded, supported by attached shafts with moulded square capitals and bases, and a label with decorative stops. Inside, there is a 16th-century doorway with a four-centred head and moulded jambs.

The west end has two pairs of 19th-century trefoil-headed lights and a roundel, while the north side also has two pairs of similar trefoil-headed lights. The chancel has a lower roofline and a raised verge to the east, with a pair of 19th-century trefoil-headed lights to the south. The east window is a three-light 19th-century design featuring three quatrefoils in roundels and a decorative panel with cusping below the glazing.

Inside, the chancel boasts a 16th-century wagon roof with moulded ribs and rosettes, although it has been extensively restored. Below the chancel arch is a 16th-century screen, also extensively restored, with panelled coving and a moulded cross-beam carved with a running vine ornament. There is a section of a 17th-century pulpit below the screen, which has three sides, each subdivided into three panels with decorative details.

The church also features a late 12th-century or early 13th-century font made of sandstone ashlar, with a circular tapering bowl decorated with chevron ornament along the rim, a plain cylindrical stem, and a square to octagonal base. Additionally, there is an incised coffin lid on the south wall of the nave, west of the door, which is a slab with an incised cross, possibly dating from the 13th century.