Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church that dates back to medieval times, with later additions and restorations, particularly in the 19th century. The building is constructed from flint with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs. It has a circular west tower, a nave with a north aisle and a south porch, and a chancel. The tower was built in 1868 and includes three ground floor lancets, three crudely traceried sound holes, three flat-headed loops, and four two-light Y-traceried bell openings, topped with a crenellated parapet on a corbel table.

The south wall of the nave features three 19th-century three-light windows in the Perpendicular style, each with embattled transoms. The south doorway, dating from the 14th century, is moulded with three orders, while the porch was added in the 19th century. The north aisle contains three late-medieval three-light cusped windows, a contemporary three-light east window with crudely formed mouchettes, and a simply moulded north doorway. There are also three restored three-light clearstorey windows in a similar style.

The chancel retains a section of coursed masonry from the 12th century on its north side, which has one two-light late-medieval cusped window and a blocked two-light 14th-century Decorated window, truncated by an inserted priest's doorway. The south side features two 19th-century two-light traceried windows and a 14th-century two-light window with a dagger motif. The east window is a fine five-light 14th-century reticulated window with an octofoil design.

Inside, the church has a four-bay north arcade supported by quatrefoil piers with intermediate fillets, leading to arches of two plain-chamfered orders. The chancel arch is also composed of two plain-chamfered orders on rebuilt polygonal responds. The chancel includes a pair of 14th-century cusped niches flanking the east window and two piscina bowls without canopies on the south side. There are three Greek Revival wall monuments dedicated to the Angerstein family, and the stained glass in the east window, depicting the 'Transfiguration', was created by George Parlby in 1905. The nave features a 19th-century king post roof.