Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a building of group value, displaying a mixture of architectural styles across several centuries. The earliest parts of the church date to the 12th century, with a Norman nave that originally had a south aisle, later removed, and a chancel which now forms the base of the tower. An Early English style east end, now the chancel, and a north aisle were added in 1715. The nave features a Perpendicular style two-light west window, with two south-side windows that correspond to those of the north aisle; these are round-headed. Evidence of a former Norman chancel arch remains as a west tower arch, featuring two rows of billets. The north aisle, slightly larger than the nave, is set at a higher level and separated from the nave by three arches resting on octagonal columns. The base of the present tower has a Perpendicular style two-light window on the north side, and on the east side, an Early English arch incorporated into the later chancel construction. The chancel has two original lancet windows on each side, with a coupled lancet east window beneath a four-cusped roundel. A piscina and sedilia is located on the south side, and within the walls are the ends of a beam, believed to have once supported a rood. A Victorian vestry is attached to the chancel on the south side and mainly to the tower.

The interior is notable for its rich collection of memorials, including 18th-century wall tablets with baroque ornamentation, smaller early 19th-century tablets, and a 1650 wall tablet featuring a bust of Dorothy Eyre. Numerous 18th-century floor slabs are also present. The west wall displays three inscribed consecration crosses. Other interior features include a Perpendicular style font, an open timber roof dating from 1680, an 18th-century chandelier, and some Gothic style panelling.

Externally, the roof is tiled in red, with walls rendered and dressed with stone, except for the north aisle which is in red brickwork, English bond, with a plinth. A west door in brickwork is set within a cornice above rusticated quoins. The upper part of the tower is in red brickwork, Flemish bond, with blue headers marking large figures, and the date 1690 on the east face. It is topped by a plain parapet. A small south porch has a gabled tile roof, a cusped bargeboard, and a timber frame encased in stonework.