Church of St. Mary and St. Luke

The Church of St. Mary and St. Luke is a parish church dating to circa 1742, with a 15th/16th century west tower. It is constructed of red brick with an ashlar tower and dressings, and has a plain tile roof. The church comprises a five-bay nave and an apsidal chancel, with the west tower featuring diagonal buttresses.

The three-stage west tower is marked by strings, with a frieze of saltire crosses below a crenellated parapet featuring short corner finials. A flight of brick and stone steps leads to a west door with a fanlight, a wide chamfered surround, and a hood mould. Pointed two-light belfry openings have trefoil head lights and a central mullion extending to the soffit of the arch. A circular stone sundial from the 18th century is set into the south side, breaking through the second stage string.

The nave and chancel feature a moulded stone plinth, rusticated quoins of unequal length, a boldly moulded cornice, and an opal parapet with balustrading over the south windows. The semi-circular arched windows have panelled pilasters, moulded arches, raised keystones, and bracketed sills with aprons. A bowed south porch has two pairs of Tuscan columns, a heavily moulded cornice, and a balustraded parapet. Inside, a two-leaf, six-panel door is set within a semi-circular arched opening with a Gibbs surround. The large Venetian east window has Ionic colonettes, a raised keystone, and bracketed sills with aprons.

The interior includes a three-bay Ionic arcade between the nave and chancel, with semi-circular arches and raised keys. A plaster ceiling covers the nave, with a dentilled and egg and dart moulded cornice and three rectangular panels with quadrant corners; each panel has a centrepiece of foliage surrounded by shells and fleurons. A shell-like plaster dome covers the apse. The east window features bracketed sills and fluted Ionic pilasters; the centre light has a raised key, and the arch springs from the dentilled cornice of the side lights. A panelled west gallery is supported by slim cast-iron columns.

Notable fittings include an 18th century communion rail with twisted and turned balusters incorporating square knots, a brass chandelier over the chancel, an 18th century square plan panelled pulpit, and a stone font dating from 1861. There is a full set of 18th century box pews, and waist-high wainscotting. Other features are a commandment board from 1903 and Georgian royal arms.

Monuments include recumbent effigies of Sir Humphrey Swynnerton, died 1562, and his wife; they were originally part of a chest tomb, now missing. A tablet commemorates Penelope, died 1726, wife of Sir Henry Vernon of Hilton Park; it features a Corinthian aedicule flanked by cherubs, a gadrooned base, a segmental pediment containing cherubic heads, and the arms of the Vernons.