Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is an estate church located in Raynham Park, rebuilt between 1866 and 1868 by the architects Clark and Holland of Newmarket, commissioned by the 5th Marquis of Townshend at a cost of £5,000. The church is constructed of flint with stone dressings and features slated roofs, except for the leaded chancel. Although built in the late 19th century, its style is not High Victorian; instead, it exhibits "archaeological" Decorated-Perpendicular details and forms, following the plan of the church it replaced.

The structure includes a west tower, nave, aisle, clerestory, north and south porches, chancel, and south transept. The west tower is buttressed, battlemented, and features a pinnacled design with a south stair turret. The west window is in the Perpendicular style, while the belfry windows are Decorated. The aisles contain three Perpendicular windows, and the porches display Decorated details. The clerestory is battlemented and features Perpendicular tracery. The chancel, designed in the Decorated-Perpendicular style, has a south transept that is expressed as a porch and a five-light Perpendicular east window that includes the head of the bishop and Queen Victoria.

Inside, the church has three bay nave arcades and an arched braced nave roof with exposed rafters and boarding. The west window of the tower, dating from around 1868, is a three-light stained glass window. The furnishings, also from 1868, include benches with a T monogram. A 15th-century octagonal stone font features a traceried stem and panels with alternating roses and crosses. In the south aisle, there is a 15th-century brass figure with an inscription to George Townshend, son of Roger Townshend armiger. The church also contains carved royal arms from the Hanover period (1714-1802) and a painted hatchment at the tower arch. The chancel, gifted by the Rector Mr. Phayre, includes 1868 furnishings and 19th-century Townshend family wall monuments. The north wall features a 1499 freestone Easter Recess or monument commemorating the Townshend family from 1463 to 1493, complete with a tomb chest, panelled surround, arched recess, attic, fragments of recess figures, niches, and a funerary helm above. There is also a piscina with re-used Norman shafts.