Parish Church Of St Mary

The Parish Church of St Mary is a Neo-Norman church built for the Marquis of Bute, with the nave completed in 1845 and the transepts and chancel added in 1872. The architects were Clark and Holland, and the church was restored in 1907. It is constructed of flint with Bath limestone and gault brick dressings, topped with red plain tile roofs. The layout includes a nave with transepts, an apsidal chancel, and a vestry located at the north angle. The exterior features round-headed recessed arches with windows in recessed panels adorned with tabled Romanesque ornament. There are large, three-light round arched, shafted windows in the apse and transept gables, along with a small bell turret and the main entrance located in the west gable wall.

Inside, the chancel and transept arches are round-headed, featuring two orders of chamfer and roll mouldings with attached shafts that have scalloped capitals and bases. The roofs are supported by simple hammer-beam trusses made of pitch pine, with the chancel roof displaying radiating trusses over the apse. The font dates from 1945.