Church Of St. Mary

The Church of St. Mary is a parish church that dates back to the 12th century and has undergone various modifications, including rebuilding in 1840 and restoration in 1886-1887. The structure features partially rendered flint with gault brick dressings and slate roofs, comprising a west tower, nave, aisles, and chancel. The tower, which is from the 12th century, has two stages with a circular base. It includes an arched west door and a 19th-century lancet window above. Below the 14th-century octagonal belfry, there is a string course with ashlar quoins that lead to a parapet adorned with punched encircled quatrefoils and trefoiled fields, both featuring shields. The belfry has two-light cusped round-headed windows on alternating faces.

The broad aisles, added in 1840, have gabled roofs. The west fronts have a moulded arched doorway with a lancet window above, flanked by flushwork angle buttresses. The south aisle contains two 2-light Perpendicular windows under 4-centred arches, along with a 3-light window at the east end. The chancel, largely from the 13th century and rendered, features a low side window in the south wall, a priest's door, and paired lancets under separate but continuous hoods. The east window has been restored and consists of three lancets, with the central light being taller. A vestry built in 1852 adjoins the north chancel wall and was converted into an organ chamber in 1886. The north aisle east window is a 3-light Perpendicular style, and there are three 2-light Y traceried windows on the north wall.

The clerestory windows are obscured by the aisles, featuring three 2-light 4-centred windows on each side, spaced unevenly. Inside, there is a three-bay arcade with double hollow chamfered arches on quatrefoil piers, which have mushroom capitals and moulded bases. The north arcade includes sunk quadrants between the lobes. The nave roof, scissor-braced and from the 19th century, has a battlemented wall plate. There is an eight-bay screen at the west end of the south aisle and a chancel screen, both from 1852. The benches date from 1840 and 1852, and the reredos was added in 1908. A Poor Box, designed in the form of a wooden parson, is inscribed with 'Remember the Poore 1639'.