Parish Church of St. Mary

The Parish Church of St. Mary is a 14th-century church, significantly rebuilt in the 19th century, specifically in 1860 and 1878. It is constructed of flint with Bath stone and chalk dressings, and has a tiled roof. The church comprises a west tower, nave, chancel, north aisle, north and south porches, and vestries, designed in the 14th-century style and featuring hood moulds and carved stops throughout.

The west tower is of three storeys with angle buttresses to the first stage and a newel turret rising to the second stage in the north-east corner. It has a west door with a two-light window above. The bell stage has two-light openings with separate hood moulds on all faces, set back behind a larger arch with plate tracery. A corbelled parapet tops the tower, culminating in a pyramidal cap.

The nave's west end has a central buttress with a two-light window on either side, and a rose window above. A south door has a chamfered arch and hood mould. A gabled south porch includes a cross on its apex, with an arched entrance and one-light openings on its east and west sides. Four windows, two-, three-, and four-light in design, are located to the east, interspersed with three buttresses. A cross sits on the gable end.

The chancel has two paired two-light windows to the south, divided by buttresses. The east window is of five-lights with geometrical tracery, and diagonal buttresses flank the east end with a cross on the gable. The north aisle has a three-light window with flowing tracery to the west of the north door, with a gabled timber porch featuring decorated barge boards. A possibly re-set 14th-century three-light window with flowing tracery is positioned to the east. Further diagonal buttresses support a three-light window with flowing tracery at the east end.

A vestry north of the north aisle features a two-light window with flowing tracery. Another vestry, located north of the chancel, has a door to the north and a two-light window to the east.

The interior includes a 14th-century north arcade with three double chamfered arches, supported by circular piers with moulded capitals. Chamfered arches connect the north chapel and chancel. The roofs are mainly 19th-century. The chancel is covered by a waggon roof with cusped panels and carved and coloured bosses above the altar. Possibly re-used 16th-century panelling, featuring linenfolds, coats of arms, and grotesques, is present in the north aisle chapel. A sounding board, possibly from a Jacobean pulpit, is also located in the north aisle. All other fittings are from the 19th century.

The church contains several notable monuments, including two chest tombs with effigies in the chancel. One, dated 1597, commemorates John Baptiste Castillion and is made of stone. The other, dated 1603, is to Lady Elizabeth Castillion and is made of alabaster. Other monuments include one by Johnathan Hicks for himself and his wife (1713), a monument to William Craven and his mother (1717), one to Thomas Wyld and his son (1791) by Bacon, a monument to the Margrave of Anspach (1806) by Canova, and one to William Brinton (1823) by Chantrey.