Church Of St Mary The Virgin

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed building located on Church Lane in Chislet. It features a chancel, central tower, and nave with aisles, constructed from coursed rubble with Caen stone dressings. The nave and tower date back to the Norman period, while the chancel and the aisles were built in the 13th century. The tower originally had a brached shingled spire, of which only the stump remains today.

Inside, there is a priest's chamber at the west end of the north aisle, which retains its windows and the brackets that supported the floor above. The south doorway to the staircase turret features a 12th-century carved tympanum with a rare timber lintel. The nave has a crownpost roof, a trefoiled piscina, and early 14th-century sedilia. Additionally, there is a 14th-century font. The churchyard contains several 18th-century headstones adorned with skull or cherub motifs, along with some chest tombs and oval bodystones.