Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a medieval parish church. It is constructed primarily of flint with stone dressings, and has tile and lead roofs. The church comprises a west tower, a nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel, and a vestry.

The embattled west tower, built in four stages, is notable, construction of which was recorded in wills dating from 1475 to 1487. It features diagonal buttresses and a flushwork base. A west doorway has a chamfered reveal, an arch with rolls and hollows incorporating fillets, and encircled quatrefoils in the spandrels. A frieze above the doorway displays crowned "M"s and "IHS"s on alternating panels with knapped flint. The west window is of three lights with panel tracery, restored in the 19th century with a hood mould that forms a string course. The square ringing chamber openings have cusped quatrefoil tracery under hood moulds, and the three-light bell openings have panel tracery. Gargoyles are present, and the battlements, also mentioned in wills from 1523 and 1526, feature crowned "M"s and "IHS"s and crocketed finals. A stair turret to the south-east corner has quatrefoil lights.

The four-bay nave has buttressed north and south aisles. The north aisle features diagonal buttresses and a doorway with roll moulding. There are two 19th-century windows with two lights under 4-centred arches, constructed with alternating brick and flint voussoirs. One window is restored, and is of two lights with a square head and a hood mould. Also present is a window of three lights with a triangular head. The south aisle has similar windows, alongside a three-light window with panel tracery on the east side, and a west window of three lights with panel tracery. A stone parapet runs along both aisles, and a lead roof covers the nave. Clerestoreys on the north and south sides each contain four 19th-century windows with two lights, set under 4-centred arches with alternating brick and flint voussoirs.

The buttressed chancel has a 19th-century vestry to the north. The south side of the chancel has two square-headed windows of two cusped lights with embattled transoms, all restored in the 19th century, and two lancets. An east window of three lights dates to the 19th century. A buttressed south porch has single cusped lights with hood moulds to the east and west, and a stone parapet gable. The porch doorway has an outer order of continuous moulding enclosing shafts with polygonal abaci and a wave-moulded arch. A medieval arch-braced roof remains in the porch. The doorway to the nave has roll and fillet moulding and a hood mould; the door features 14th-century ironwork including a cross and hinges.

Inside, the 14th-century four-bay arcade is defined by octagonal shafts, bases, and abaci, and its arches have two chamfered orders. The nave roof was substantially restored in the 19th century, with wall posts having polygonal bases and abaci on embattled corbels, and longitudinal braces with traceried ashlaring. The arch-braced aisle roofs were also restored in the 19th century. The large tower arch, spanning the full width of the tower, features shafts with rolls in the angles, polygonal bases, and abaci; the inner order of the arch is on corbels, possibly dating to the 19th century. A cusped piscina is located in the south aisle. A stoup stands beside the south door. The chancel arch has polygonal shafts and two chamfered orders. A 19th-century arcade is present in the north chancel wall. There is also a small brick aumbrey and large splayed lancets. The chancel has a 19th-century roof. Features include re-used poppy-head bench ends, some box pews, a restored medieval screen (with paint removed and upper parts renewed), an 18th-century pulpit bearing the arms of George III, and a restored 14th-century font with encircled quatrefoils on the bowl.