Church of St Mary

The Church of St. Mary is a parish church located in Thwaite, dating back to the medieval period. It is constructed of flint with stone dressings and brick, topped with a thatched roof. The church features a 14th-century tower, a 12th-century nave, and a chancel that was dated to 1738.

The west tower is unbuttressed and consists of two stages. It has a west window with two ogee-headed lights, a hood mould with figure stops, and alternate brick and flint voussoirs. Above this window is a brick-dressed opening with a stone panel displaying three shields, also featuring a hood mould. A polygonal stair turret is located on the south side, with brick dressings on the upper parts and brick reveals for the slit lights. The bell-openings have two ogee-headed lights that have been restored, with stilted arches and hood moulds. The tower is capped with a post-medieval brick parapet.

The nave is rendered and unbuttressed, consisting of four bays. On the south side, there is a late medieval window with two cusped lights and a triangular head, along with three early 19th-century memorial tablets, two of which feature obelisks and urns. The doorway has two orders of plain attached shafts, imposts, and an elaborately moulded arch with rope and billet moulding, topped with a boar's head. There is also a square-headed window with two ogee lights and a hood mould, as well as two cusped light windows beneath a four-centred arch. The north side of the nave has no openings.

The chancel is made of brick and features a 19th-century stone-dressed arched light on the south side and a 19th-century east window. Inside, there is a blocked window in the north wall of the nave, an unmoulded tower arch, and remains of a rood screen, with some panels hidden or replaced by later pine panels. The church contains 19th-century fittings and roof, and the font has polygonal attached shafts at the base with a plain bowl.