Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed parish church located on Little Blakenham Valley Road. This medieval church features a nave, chancel, west tower, and south porch. The body of the church is constructed with plastered rubble walls and freestone dressings, while the tower has exposed rubble walls made of flint, with brick and limestone inclusions. The roofs are covered with plain tiles, except for the tower roof, which is leaded and has battlemented parapets.

The south porch likely dates from the 15th century and includes a moulded doorway and remnants of side windows, all made from freestone, along with a coupled-rafter roof. Major repairs in brickwork were made in the 16th century and later. A notable feature is the mid-13th century east chancel window, which has three stepped lancets under one arch, with pierced trefoils in the spandrels. The inner face of the window displays engaged columns, and there are large recesses with trefoiled heads and similar columns on either side. Historical surveys from 1855 noted that both recesses contained medieval figure paintings. Additionally, a lancet in the east wall features two figures and friezework painted on the reveals, which were repainted in 1850.

The church also has a mid-14th century south chancel window with mask corbels. Extensive alterations from the late 14th century include most of the two-light windows, the south nave doorway, and the plain unbuttressed tower, which has brick relieving arches above the windows and a lion-head gargoyle on the west side. The original bell-frame has been repaired in the 16th century. The nave roof, which dates from the late 14th century, is canted and boarded with a moulded cornice, while the chancel roof was likely rebuilt in 1868.

Early 16th century alterations include two chancel windows, a priest's doorway, and a piscina. The church also features a plain octagonal font, possibly from around 1400, and a painted coat of arms of James II, dated 1685. Other internal furnishings, including Gothick box pews, were added in 1868.