Parish Church Of St Mary

The Parish Church of St Mary is mainly a 15th-century building, though it has been significantly restored in the 19th century. It is constructed of flint with stone dressings, and has slate and lead roofs. The church includes a north aisle, a nave with a west bellcote and spire, a two-story south porch, a north chancel chapel, and a chancel.

The north aisle has four bays and features stepped diagonal buttresses. A north door is located at the west end, with a re-set corbel head to its right. The aisle contains 19th-century Decorated windows. The octagonal bellcote has louvred openings and a spire.

The 15th-century south porch has diagonal stepped buttresses and 2-light windows with 4-centred arches to the east and west. The south doorway has attached shafts with battlemented caps. Cusped single-light windows at first-floor level illuminate the Parvis. The porch features a sexpartite vault with boss springing from colonnettes. The fabric of the south wall dates back to the 12th century.

The nave has two bays, a stepped buttress, and a 19th-century 2-light window. The north chancel chapel has one bay, a 19th-century window to the north, and a Perpendicular 3-light window to the east, with quatrefoils in the side lights. The gable was raised to form a lean-to, with parapets to the south, east, and west. The chancel has two bays and stepped diagonal buttresses, with two 2-light Perpendicular windows to the south. The westernmost window has a ½ transom with an additional 1-light cusped window below. The east window is a 3-light Perpendicular window with a hood mould and carved label stops. A wall monument commemorates Mary Aves, who died in 1763.

Inside, the north aisle has a probable 18th-century butt purlin roof. The north arcade has fourfoil piers with angle fillets, bases, and capitals. The double ogee moulded arches extend continuously down to the bases at the responds. An arch-braced roof is supported by carved corbels. There is a cusped niche to the north of the chancel arch. The chancel arch has attached shafts and double ogee moulding. A blocked arch in the north chancel arch is now filled with a 19th-century 6-light window. The north door in the chancel is mainly 19th century. A restored aumbry and piscina, with ogee tracery in rectangular heads, are located in the south wall, while a restored piscina is in the north chancel chapel. The church also contains good brasses of Richard de Heylesdon and Ricardus Thaleburgh.