Church Of St Mary The Virgin

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a parish church built in 1868 by architect Woodyer. It features walls made of coursed squared knapped flint with stone dressings, topped with a tiled roof and a shingled bell turret. This church replaces an earlier structure and is designed in the Early English style. It has an aisleless nave and chancel, a vestry and organ chamber located to the north of the chancel, a south porch, and a western bell tower. Architectural details include cill bands, buttresses, and a plinth, with lancet windows throughout, including two coupled lancets (one with plate tracery) and a tall lancet window on the east side, supported by recessed and banded columns with a cusped hood-mould. The bell chamber is supported by internal timber framing, while the exterior is shingled and features a broach spire. The porch is constructed as a gabled timber frame resting on a low wall. Inside, the church is entirely Victorian in style, but it includes a pulpit with a Jacobean sounding board. A floor slab at the west end commemorates the death of Thomas Plowden in 1698.