Church of St. Mary

The Church of St. Mary is a parish church largely dating to the 13th century, with origins in the 12th century. It was extended in the 15th century and the nave roof was rebuilt in 1635; a substantial restoration occurred in 1880, including the addition of a vestry and chancel arch by Arthur Baker. The building is constructed of roughcast and flint with Bath stone dressings, and has an old tile roof, with the western part of the nave having a higher ridge. The church comprises a nave, chancel, north vestry, organ chamber, north porch, and a west tower.

The west tower has two stages separated by moulded string courses, a 19th-century embattled parapet, and angled buttresses. Small windows with pointed heads are set into the west and south faces below the first string course. A late 15th-century doorway with a four-centred arch, a square head, and an old planked door with iron hinges faces west, above which is a late 15th-century three-light window with tracery and a two-centred head. A window of two trefoiled lights with a four-centred head is in the north face of the bell chamber, alongside two-light windows with two-centred heads on the west and south faces. A rectangular stair turret extends from the north side up to the first stage.

On the north side of the nave, two 13th-century lancet windows are present in the east end; the third and fourth windows are 19th-century replacements. A 12th-century doorway is set within a 15th-century porch, featuring chamfered jambs and a semi-circular arch, a moulded abacus and a double billet moulded label. The south side of the nave has a small 15th-century trefoiled ogee light at a high level, two 19th-century two-light windows, and a blocked 12th-century doorway with a semi-circular arch.

The chancel has two 13th-century lancet windows on the east wall, a restored plan lancet in the north wall, and a 19th-century doorway leading to the vestry. The south wall includes two single lights, and a blocked 13th-century priest’s doorway.

Inside, the nave features an early 17th-century six-bay double trenched purlin roof with arch race collars, moulded pendants, and scissor bracing above the collar. The chancel has a three-bay early 15th-century double trenched purlin roof with arch braced collars and curved wind braces; the easternmost bay has a planked barrel roof with cusped ribs, likely dating to the 19th century. The chancel arch is a 19th-century addition with foliated capitals. Remaining stairs lead to the former rood loft at the east end of the north wall. Aumbries and a piscina are also present, along with an earlier marble font and a carved stone knight on horseback set in a glass case. A 13th-century wall painting of Our Lady is located near the blocked south doorway.