Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a medieval parish church, extensively restored in 1879 and 1889. It is constructed of flint and stone rubble with some coursed work to the tower and vestry, stone dressings, and slated roofs. The church features a west tower with a core from an earlier period, incorporating mid-15th-century elements. The west face of the tower has two-stage diagonal buttresses and a doorway with an enriched moulded arch. The hoodmould to the doorway has carved stops in the form of lions and well-preserved carved spandrels depicting a wild man and a dragon, with empty cusped niches to either side. A three-light window sits above the doorway, displaying enriched reveals. The bell chamber has two-light openings, and the tower is topped by a carved stone parapet with crenellations and corner pinnacles.

The church has a four-bay south aisle, dating to the 14th century, with two original windows and others from the 15th century. The north aisle, also 15th century, contains original windows and a doorway. A 15th-century porch features an empty niche above the entrance arch and a crenellated stone parapet. The nave has a knapped flint clerestory of ten bays. The chancel has a 14th-century core with 15th-century windows, some of which have been restored, and a 14th-century Priest's doorway. Five-bay aisle arcades separate the nave from the aisles, with octagonal piers. The nave has a late 15th-century, arched-braced roof, spanning five bays. The chancel roof is also arched-braced, dating to the late 15th century, with three tiers of embattlements to the wallplate. The north aisle roof, now restored, has carved wooden corbels supporting the wallposts. A cinquefoil-headed piscina is located at the east end of the north aisle. A good, enriched doorway leads from the chancel to the vestry, accompanied by its original door.

A fine 15th-century font has a carved bowl depicting the Seven Sacraments (two panels are missing), a richly carved stem with figures under canopied niches and further seated figures around the base, and stands on a two-stepped plinth with carved blank tracery. The aisles retain a set of 20 benches, likely from the 17th century, notable for their unusual volute-type, stylized poppyheads. A late 19th-century pulpit incorporates early 17th-century carved panels. A partial 15th-century rood screen remains against the west wall of the nave. A wall monument commemorates Sarah Mynne (died 1724) in the north aisle, and several 17th- to 18th-century ledger slabs are located at the west end of the nave, two bearing brass inscriptions. Fragments of medieval glass are incorporated within the tracery of the south chancel windows. The church is designated Grade I for its significant medieval fabric.