Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary, built around 1487 by Sir Ralph Shelton, features elements from an earlier church, including the late 14th century west tower and the Decorated west window of the south aisle. The church, constructed in the late 15th century, is made of red brick with blue brick diapering and stone dressings, complemented by an ashlar clerestory and slate roofs. The west tower is built of flint with a later brick parapet. The layout includes a nave and chancel combined, north and south aisles, a south porch, and the west tower. It has large Perpendicular aisle windows and nine Perpendicular clerestory windows on each side. The tall three-light east window is flanked by buttresses and has a sacristy beneath it. The two-storey south porch features an entrance with the Shelton arms in the spandrels and a tall niche above, with a canopy and single-light windows on each side; inside, fan-vaulting was begun but not completed.

Inside, the church has four bay arcades and smaller bays in the chancel, with lozenge-shaped piers that have shafts and wave and hollow mouldings, and 4-centred arches. Above the arcade, there are panels with niches over the piers. A rood stair turret is located in the north wall of the north aisle. The base of an early 16th century screen can be found here, along with 15th and 16th century glass in the aisle and east windows. The choir features 16th century bench ends with poppy-heads, and the chancel chair is made from these bench ends. An early 17th century communion rail is present, along with carved Royal arms of William III. The octagonal font is adorned with four lions on the stem and alternating lions and angels holding shields on the bowl's side panels. Monuments include late 16th century tombo-chests for the Shelton family with shields and a monument to Sir Robert Houghton from 1623, featuring kneeling figures.