Church Of St Mary The Virgin

The Church of St. Mary the Virgin is a parish church dating back to the early 13th century, with a 15th-century west tower and significant 19th-century restoration and extensions. The church is constructed of flint with limestone dressings. The nave, north chapel, and porch roofs are plain-tiled, while the chancel roof is thatched. The west tower is angle-buttressed. It features flushwork panels in the plinth and square sound openings on the north and south sides, incorporating mouchette-wheel traceried panels. Large two-light belfry openings with louvres and panel tracery are set beneath an embattled parapet decorated with shields and crowned 'M' motifs. A three-light Perpendicular window is located on the west front, flanked by niches at cill level. A polygonal stair turret is integrated into the south tower wall.

The 19th-century restoration work on the nave includes the replacement of south windows and doors. The chancel, largely rebuilt in 1876-8 by R. M. Phipson, has a south wall featuring eight lancet windows, separated by staged and gabled buttresses. The east wall contains three lancets with engaged shafts and capitals, topped by a circular, foiled window. The north chapel, also from the 19th century, has two lancets in its gable.

Inside the chancel, important work from around 1200 survives, including two tiers of blank Early English arcading. The south side features eight upper bays, each pierced by a lancet with deep splayed reveals, and a low-side window in the lower arcade. The shafts of the arcades have capitals carved with stiff-leaf motifs. The lower arcade initially intended to continue westward, was interrupted by the chancel arch. The north side has a lower arcade of seven bays, surmounted by four bays, with two easternmost bays containing lancets (from the 19th century). A fine 13th-century opening leads to the north chapel, flanked by shafts with stiff-leaf capitals and bird carvings; the central shaft on each side is keeled. The chancel roof is from the 19th century, with arch-braced collars and collar-runners. The chancel arch was reworked in the 19th century, with curiously-carved responds and attached shafts. The original label-stops of the chancel arch are retained as blocks. A step down separates the nave from the chancel. The nave windows are of two lights, with one high-level window on the south side.

A good octagonal font, standing on a stepped base, features four shields, four figures, and angels holding sacramental emblems carved on the underside of the bowl. The tower arch is tall, with three orders of plain chamfers and broach stops. A monument to Edmund Burr (d. 1720) and his wife (d. 1708) is positioned on the north wall.