The Parish Church Of St Mary

Parish church. The nave and chancel date from the 13th century, with the north chapel and south porch added in the 14th century, the tower in the 15th century, and a vestry constructed in the 19th century. The building is constructed of sandstone rubble, with the south side of the nave and chancel cement rendered, and a tiled roof.

The west tower is 15th century, rising in four stages with corner buttress and octagonal corner turret. It has a crenellated parapet with a band decorated with grotesque waterspouts. Below is an arched doorcase with drip moulding. The second stage contains an elaborate traceried window with cinquefoils and a central quatrefoil to the west. The third stage has slit windows, and the bell stage features open trefoliated openings fitted with wooden louvres.

The 13th-century nave comprises four bays. To the south are two large arched-headed windows with double cinquefoiled ogee heads and quatrefoils above, with smaller trefoil-headed windows to the west. The south porch is gabled with an arched head, drip moulding, buttresses, and a 18th-century double-hinged door. The 13th-century chancel has cambered wave pattern rendering. The westernmost window is a plain lancet, broken at the base by a later trefoil window. An arched doorcase follows, and at the centre is a large arched window with double ogee head with cinquefoil below and trefoil above. Below this is an arched tomb recess. The east window is a large elaborate traceried window with four cinquefoil lights in ogee arches. The chancel's north wall has a Perpendicular window with three cinquefoils. The north chapel has an east window with three cinquefoil heads in an ogee arch and a blocked window to the north. The 15th-century north aisle has a buttress and three windows with double cinquefoil-headed lights. The 19th-century north-west vestry is built in matching sandstone with a north window similar to those in the north aisle and a Caernarvon-arched doorcase.

The interior features a nave with a six-bay vaulted roof and a 15th-century four-bay north arcade of octagonal sandstone columns. A 13th-century circular column font is present. West windows were installed by Kempe in 1882. The nave contains an octagonal pulpit and a Jacobean wall tablet to Thomas Roberts Esq. There is a piscina and remains of rood stairs. The north aisle contains a large squire's pew dated 1722, supported on two square posts with a wide flight of stairs with panelled baluster. Above is a wall tablet to Marth Harcourt (died 1796) consisting of a figure in Grecian mourning dress leaning against an urn with a tablet below and shield. Some original fragments of stained glass remain in a north aisle window. A 14th-century wood and iron parish chest is present. The north chapel has original fragments of stained glass in the east window and a Rysbrack wall monument to Sir John Lade (died 1740), executed in white, grey, and variegated marble. The monument comprises a marble bust in a variegated marble architectural surround with open pediment, half columns, and swags, with Victorian scroll ornament under the base, together with brackets, tablet, and shell mouldings. The chancel has a ribbed waggon vaulted roof, a plain piscina, and sedilia. A brass to William Prestwick, Dean of St Mary's College, Hastings (died 1436), with a figure 4 feet 5 inches long under an ogee canopy, is located in the chancel. The north wall has a stone tablet to John and Anna Roberts (circa 1722), featuring drapery, three cherubs' heads, and an armorial crest.