Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church dating back to the 12th century, with later work from the late 13th century. A tower was documented in 1500, and bells were hung in 1525. In 1853-54, the chancel was demolished and rebuilt with an apse, and the entire church was restored. The church is constructed of carstone with ashlar quoins, and has slate roofs, with corrugated tiles to the south nave.

The west tower is three stages high with diagonal buttresses interrupted to the east by the nave. A stair turret is located at the southwest corner, leading to the ringing chamber. The tower features a 3-light, two-centred depressed arch window on its west side. Lancet windows are present in the ringing chamber, and simple 2-light belfry openings are set under a squared hood. The nave walls were raised in 1854. The south nave has four windows: two restored trefoil lancets; one restored 3-light, mid-14th century reticulated window; and one late 13th century 2-light plate tracery window featuring two pointed lights supporting a quatrefoil. The chancel has three south-facing lancets, with one on the north side, facilitating a lean-to vestry with matching fenestration. Corbel tables incorporate reused 12th-century elements. The three-bay apse echoes the chancel design and features a 19th-century corbel table. The north nave has 2 or 3-light renewed Perpendicular windows. A gabled north porch has angle buttresses. Both the south and north doors are from the late 12th century. The south door has two orders of shafts - one circular with cable decoration and one octagonal with chevrons - with incised scalloped capitals supporting roll moulded square imposts and a multiple arch decorated with cable, zig-zag, and double billet motifs. The north door has one order of columns below cushion capitals, square door imposts, and an arch decorated with roll, double billet, and cable motifs.

Inside, a tall tower arch displays hollow and straight chamfers. The nave has a panelled scissor-braced roof. Poppy head benches, with figurative or animal armrests carved by James Rattee in 1854, are a notable feature. A renewed 19th-century angle piscina is located on the south nave wall, beside a bench sedilia. The 12th-century chancel arch is semi-circular with double roll moulding and two orders of columns to the west and one to the east, all with cushion capitals. The apse is stone vaulted, with elaborate window spays utilizing marble columns. The apse arch is decorated with chevron and beakhead motifs.