Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church built between 1859 and 1860 by an architect named Bannister. It incorporates a 12th-century tympanum that has been reset in the south wall of the organ chamber. The church is constructed from sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a timber-framed porch, all topped with tiled roofs.

The layout includes a nave and chancel, along with a south porch and a south organ chamber. The nave has raised verges and is buttressed on the west side, where a clock and a small bellcote are located. On the left, there is a plain lancet window, while on the right, there is a similar lancet and a large gabled two-light window with a roundel. The gabled timber-framed south porch features curved braces to the tie-beam and V-struts, along with scalloped bargeboards. The south door has a moulded two-centred head with attached shafts, plain capitals, and bases.

The south wall of the chancel is largely taken up by the lean-to organ chamber, which prominently displays the 12th-century semi-circular tympanum featuring a relief of a lamb and a cross, alongside a niche flanked by abstract knotted ornament. The chancel also includes a small trefoil-headed doorway and a simple lancet window to the right. The east window consists of three stepped lancets with a continuous hood mould and carved heads at the stops. The north side of the church has two simple lancets for the chancel, a similar gabled two-light window, and three lancets for the nave.

Inside, the church features a four-bay nave with an open-arched braced roof adorned with decorative members. The chancel arch is composed of two orders with grouped shafts in the inner order. There is a 12th-century font with a cylindrical bowl that shows traces of chevron ornament and a renewed circular base. Additionally, there is a 19th-century pulpit that features trefoil-headed blind arcading on its sides.