Church Of St Mary The Virgin

The Church of St Mary the Virgin, in Wolverton, has origins dating back to 1208, with significant additions and alterations made in subsequent centuries. Likely late 14th-century features include windows and a doorway to the priest's chamber, while the sanctuary ring and ironwork are from the 16th century. The 19th century saw the addition of a porch, vestry, bell turret, and substantial restoration work, including rebuilding the east end.

The church is constructed from coursed lias stone rubble, with an ashlar east end, a timber porch and bell turret, and a plain-tile roof. Its architectural style is Early English and Decorated.

The church consists of a three-bay nave with a south porch, and a lower two-bay chancel with a north vestry. The south porch has decorative bargeboards and traceried sides, with a double-chamfered, 4-centred arch and a studded plank door featuring strap hinges, a sanctuary ring, and lock. The nave has a chamfered plinth, with buttresses and windows featuring trefoil-headed tracery in double-chamfered, 4-centred arches. The north side incorporates a doorway with a pointed arch, a window with reticulated tracery, and a westernmost window with Y-tracery. The west end has lancet lights and a short bell turret with a broach spire and pierced openings. The chancel has a double-chamfered plinth, and a priest's entrance with a 4-centred arch and a 2-light window with reticulated tracery. The north side features an ogee-headed lancet, and the east end has a 3-light window with Decorated-style tracery.

Inside, a restored oak screen boasts Perpendicular tracery. A piscina has an ogeed shape, and the church features wagon roofs. The octagonal font rests on an octagonal plinth and has quatrefoil decoration. Marble wall tablets commemorate members of the Stanton family, including Thomas Stanton “Lord of the Mannor”, who died in 1701, his son Thomas, who died in 1719, and Thomas Stanton, who died in 1664, along with his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1703. Numerous fragments of medieval stained glass are found in the north nave window, with additional pieces located in other windows, and the south chancel window contains late Morris glass.