Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary probably originated in the 12th century, with significant work added in the 13th and 15th centuries. It is constructed of finely coursed, partly snecked sandstone rubble, with plain tiled roofs and timber framing, with weatherboarding to the bell turret. The church consists of a three-bay nave and a two-bay chancel under a continuous roof, with a south porch. A short, timber-framed, weatherboarded bell turret, with louvres on three faces and a pyramidal tiled roof, rises above the west end of the nave. The south side of the nave has a late 13th-century trefoiled single light window to the east of the porch. The chancel has similar, restored windows, with a 15th-century priests' door set within a four-centred arch. The east window, likely altered in the 13th century, is square-headed, chamfered, and comprises two lights. Additional trefoiled two-light windows are found on the north wall of the chancel, with the easternmost one restored. The eastern window of the north wall of the nave is an unrestored 13th-century trefoiled single light; the north-west window has a wide 13th-century pointed light, set within the remains of a blocked north door. The west window of the nave is a chamfered, square-headed single light. The timber-framed south porch, possibly of 15th-century origin, has been heavily restored in the early 20th century. It features arch-braces to the central collar with ogees, while the front and rear trusses have braced posts and raking struts above the tie-beams, decorated with ogees. The walls above the side benches reflect the local plank and muntin tradition, with two glazed trefoils on each side. The south doorway has a semi-circular head with horizontally fluted capitals.

Inside, a slight break in the bonding and alignment is visible between the nave and chancel, and a wagon roof covers the space. Embattled wall-plates mark the liturgical division between the nave and chancel. To the right of the altar is a chamfered inverted pyramidal corbel acting as a shelf, alongside a 13th-century trefoil-headed piscina. Other furnishings include a possible 17th-century oak armchair with fluted legs, stretchers and back, and incomplete late 17th-century altar rails with just eight surviving bobbin balusters. A late 19th-century harmonium from the Estery Organ Company in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA, is also present, featuring four catafalque-shaped lamp bases and carrying handles. An incised marble slab set into the north wall of the chancel commemorates Thomas (died 1522) and Anges Ap Harry, depicting two supine praying figures, the male one in armour. A mid-20th century limestone four-centred arch forms a portal to the base of the bell turret within the nave. The font is a plain red marble circular basin, possibly from the 13th century, set on an early 20th-century columnar stem and circular base. The pulpit is early 17th-century, with an octagonal form divided into two superimposed panels, acanthus decoration above, a moulded top, base and feet. A monument to John Roberts, died 1767, features an incised plaque with acorns and birds. A monument to Mary Traunter, died 1685, daughter of Nicholas Philpot of Poston, displays a Baroque aedicule supported by cherubs, barley-sugar Corinthian columns, a broken voluted pediment, arms in the break, and female mourners on each slope of the pediment.