Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church dating back to the 12th century, with alterations made in the 13th century and a restoration in 1876 by W E Martin. It is constructed of sandstone rubble, rendered at the ends, with ashlar dressings and a plain tiled roof. The church comprises a continuous three-bay nave and two-bay chancel, a south porch, and a west bellcote.

The west end of the nave was rebuilt in the 19th century above eaves level and contains a three-light window. The north and south elevations of the nave have pairs of 19th-century lancet windows, along with a single 19th-century lancet each. The chancel’s east end features three stepped, cusped lancets beneath a hoodmould with block stops. The north elevation has a pair of 19th-century lancets and a 12th-century round-headed light. The south elevation incorporates a 13th-century lancet, a 19th-century lancet, and a 12th-century doorway with plain jambs and a round-arched head.

The south porch is a 19th-century gabled structure with a timber frame on a rubble base. It features a tie-beam truss with decorative convex braces, boarded lower side elevations, a row of five turned balusters, and a 12th-century doorway with plain jambs and a round arch with chamfered imposts. The 19th-century west bellcote has a moulded ridge, a finial base (the finial is missing), moulded eaves, and a single blind pointed archway pierced with a 2-light opening. Above the archway is a circular opening; the two pointed lights are separated by a moulded column, and a single bell hangs within each light.

Inside, there is no chancel arch. The nave and chancel have an ashlared collar rafter-roof, with two arch-braced collar trusses in the chancel. A 17th-century altar table with turned legs and moulded top rails with shaped brackets is present. There is a 19th-century cusped pointed aumbry with a hoodmould, foliated stops on foliated corbels, two late 17th-century panelled chairs with lozenge enrichment, and a rood screen incorporating 15th and 17th-century woodwork. The font is likely 12th-century, with a plain cylindrical bowl and a modern stem and base. The early 17th-century five-sided pulpit is panelled with upper strapwork ornament and enriched arches, and reused 17th-century panelling is found on the north and south walls. On the north wall are carved wooden Royal Arms of Queen Elizabeth I with the inscription "God save the Queene," along with a 17th-century parish chest. Chancel memorials include two stone shields with traces of a painted inscription to Katherine? and two 19th-century memorials.