Church Of St Mary

The Church of St. Mary is a Grade II* listed building, mainly dating from around 1400, with the chancel rebuilt in 1874. The church consists of a nave, chancel, southwest tower/porch, and a north organ chamber. It is constructed of flint rubble, with some random limestone rubble, and features various colored bricks in the tower. The roofs are covered with plain tiles and have parapet gables.

Most medieval features are from the late 14th and early 15th centuries, including a fine late 14th-century tower located against the south nave doorway, which also serves as the south porch. The moulded outer doorway of the tower features repeated crown motifs at the jambs, an angel keystone, and a square label supported by lions, with the arms of Sir George Felbrigge (who died in 1400) in the spandrels. Above the doorway is an image niche with a pinnacled canopy. The tower includes a 2-light ringing chamber window with a gabled and traceried head, and on the south face, there are two belfry openings flanking a floreated cross outlined in flushwork. The diagonal buttresses are also decorated with flushwork panels.

The church has a large 3-light 15th-century south nave window and smaller similar windows in the north and west walls. The inner south doorway and chancel arch are both moulded and date from around 1400. The chancel was rebuilt, and an organ chamber was added in 1874 in the Early English style for the Marquis of Bristol. In 1887, the nave received a scissor-braced coupled-rafter roof to match that of the chancel.

Inside, there is an octagonal limestone font in the 14th-century style; part of the stem is original and well moulded, while the rest was renewed in the 19th century. Affixed to the north chancel wall is a fine brass of Sir George Felbrigge in full armour, with a wall tablet above it commemorating Sir Anthony Felton (died 1657) and his wife. The chancel floor features four marble ledger slabs from the 18th and early 19th centuries, dedicated to members of the Felton family.