Church Of St Mary The Virgin

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a church built between 1824 and 1827 by architects H and HW Inwood and constructed by IT Seabrook. An apse was added in 1888 by Ewan Christian, who also removed the side galleries. The west gallery was taken out and the interior was decorated in 1890. The church is made of grey brick with stone dressings and features seven bays with aisles in a thin Gothic style. The symmetrical west front includes a central buttressed tower with pinnacles at the corners and a Y-tracery louvred belfry opening, along with a pointed arch main entrance. The tower is flanked by two bays, each with pointed arch entrances matching the main entrance, and these are supported by buttresses that terminate in pinnacles above the cornice and parapet. A string course runs around the building at window height. The north facade has pointed two-light geometrical tracery windows, including a narthex window with Y-tracery, and is flanked by buttresses that rise to the cornice, above which is a parapet. Inside, the church features a vaulted roof supported by cast-iron clustered columns.