Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church of Norman origin, which underwent a complete restoration in 1851 by A. Ashpital. It features an aisleless nave and chancel, along with a small north vestry. The church has a tile roof and a western stone bell turret. Its walls are constructed of flint rubble with stone dressings, including buttresses, small coupled cusped lights in the nave, and single lights in the chancel. There are five stepped lancets at the east end and two at the west end, below a quatrefoil. The south wall shows altered brick quoins, indicating some survival of the original structure. A notable feature is the re-set west doorway from around 1200, which has a round arch adorned with dog-tooth decoration, two inner rows of chevron, and two inset columns on each side with simple foliage caps. Inside, the wall above the chancel arch displays two prescription panels from the early 19th century and a painted and framed Royal Coat of Arms from 1838. The church also contains several monuments and plaques dating from 1703, 1831, and 1834, a floor slab from 1696, and an octagonal 19th-century Perpendicular font.