Church of St Mary and St Chad

The Church of St Mary and St Chad is a parish church that contains materials from the 13th and 16th centuries. It underwent significant restoration by George Edmund Street between 1878 and 1880. The church is built of ashlar with clay tile roofs and features a six-bay chancel of collegiate proportions, a five-bay nave with aisles and an outer south aisle, as well as a west tower and spire supported by diagonal buttresses.

The choir at the east end has 13th-century lancet windows that were restored during the 1878-80 renovation. The outer south aisle gables showcase lancet triplets inspired by evidence of cross gables on the north aisle, along with restored Decorated tracery. The early 16th-century west tower features a four-centred western doorway and a Perpendicular west window, along with two-light belfry openings, a crenellated parapet, and corner pinnacles.

Inside, the church has an arcade of tall octagonal piers, a wide drop arch to the chancel with two chamfered orders, and a widely splayed pointed tower arch. The roof is made of 19th-century timber. Notable fittings include a font with a heavy base, a funnel-shaped bowl, and simple roll-moulded panels, likely from the late 16th century; a pulpit designed by Street; and a stone reredos from 1911.

The chancel contains four alabaster monuments dedicated to the Giffard family of Chillington: Sir John, who died in 1556, and his two wives; Sir Thomas, who died in 1560, and his two wives; John, who died in 1613, and his wife; and Walter, who died in 1632, and his wife. There is also an incised slab for Richard Lane, who died in 1518, and his wife, as well as a tablet for Matthew Moreton, who died in 1669, and his wife. A medieval coffin can be found about four yards south of the chancel.