Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church dating in part to the 15th century, with significant rebuilding in 1679 by Uvedall and Mary Tomkins. It is constructed of ashlar with a graduated stone tile roof. The west tower is 15th century, while the nave, north porch, and chancel were rebuilt in 1679.

The west tower has three stages and a crenellated parapet with pierced merlons. The belfry windows are of two trefoiled lights; the first-stage windows are square-headed. The west window is of two trefoiled lights under a two-centred head. The north wall of the nave is of two bays, with a two-tier, two-light window in the eastern bay, all under a square head with a moulded label. A gabled north porch to the west features an armorial achievement above a scrolled panel inscribed with the initials V and M T and the date 1679. The outer arch is semi-elliptical and moulded; the north door has chamfered jambs and a segmental arch cut in one stone. The south wall has two windows similar to that in the north wall. The chancel has one window in each of the north and south walls, reminiscent of those in the nave. The east window is of three transomed, semi-elliptical headed lights under a semi-elliptical head with a moulded label, topped by an armorial achievement.

Inside, the tower arch has plain jambs and a chamfered two-centred arch. The chancel arch is segmental pointed with a small chamfer. The chancel roof is of two bays with a steeply cambered tie beam. Fittings are largely from 1679, including an oak chancel screen with a large central opening and four bays on each side with open upper panels, barley-sugar posts, and semi-circular arches. A communion table with matching barley-sugar balusters accompanies the communion rail. Two enclosed pews stand against the screen. The nave has benches with turned front legs, shaped arms, and panelled backs. A reduced-height pulpit is hexagonal, with two tiers of arcaded panelling and barley-sugar balusters. A Royal Coat of Arms with the initials CR2, formerly on the chancel screen, is on the south wall above the pulpit. The font features an octagonal basin on an octagonal pier with a moulded base; the bowl is inscribed "T/ VM/ 1680." It has a wooden cover with a ball finial as a handle. A gate with barley-sugar balusters leads to the tower. A memorial to Robert Perrott, who died in 1667, is located in the north-east corner of the nave; it includes a bust of Perrott set within a recess flanked by Composite columns, a broken pediment, and a cartouche of arms.