Church Of St Mary

The Church of St. Mary is a parish church dating from the medieval period, with later alterations. It is constructed primarily of flint with some ferruginous conglomerate, featuring ashlar and brick dressings. The roofs are slate and lead. The church consists of an aisled nave with a south porch and a north vestry, a central tower with transepts, and a chancel.

The nave has a fine 3-light west window from the 14th century, decorated with mouchettes, alongside Victorian aisle west windows. Six 15th-century 2-light clearstorey windows exhibit cusped tracery, while four restored Perpendicular 2-light aisle windows are present. The south porch features diagonal buttresses and a moulded entrance. A hollow chamfered south doorway incorporates fine 15th-century blind tracery and a door. The heavily restored 12th-century tower has shallow angle buttresses, with Norman bell openings originally on the north, south, and west sides. The west bell opening, now located inside, has chevron moulded arches and shaft detailing. The 19th-century bell stage possesses 2-light bell openings in a Perpendicular style. The transepts have two Perpendicular 3-light windows on the north side and two 3-light windows with embattled transoms on the south. The south transept is two stories high, containing a small 2-light upper window. The chancel stands out due to its highly decorated buttresses displaying blind tracery, shields, and carvings of fantastic beasts on the lower copings. Three unusual 3-light traceried windows, likely from the mid-16th century, feature little or no cusping. A modern 3-light east window is in the Perpendicular style.

Inside the church, the 3-bay nave is characterized by 14th or 15th-century octagonal piers supporting plain, chamfered arches of two orders. Mutilated Atlas figure corbels are found at the ends of the arcades. The chancel has a finely moulded entrance to a former vestry to the north. A restored 16th-century piscina cum triple sedilia has very shallow arches, simple blind tracery, and miniature rib vaults, with a carving above the lowermost sedile depicting a kneeling saint being stoned. The 15th-century ceiling in the south transept features carved joists and traceried panels, retaining some original paint. A staircase in the southwest corner of the transept contains a 15th-century door with original painted posies and ironwork. Two dado panels of a former screen, displaying carved tracery and mutilated paintings, are also present. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are among the notable features.