Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a church built between 1877 and 1880 by John Hooker for James Thompson, designed in the Early English style. It is constructed of snecked Kentish ragstone with ashlar dressings and a tiled roof. The church comprises a nave with aisles, a lower apsidal-ended chancel, a south-west tower over a porch, an organ loft, a vestry, and a hall.

The massive tower has three stages with corner buttresses. The lower storey includes a stone niche containing a Saint. A trefoliated-headed arch leads to the porch, above which is a double lancet window with a circular window. The second stage has two lancets on each face, and the bell stage features two lowered lancets with columns and four small lancets below octagonal stone crockets. A turret is located to the east. The west front of the nave features three lancets topped by a rose window. The south aisle has three lancets divided by buttresses and six lancets in the clerestory. The south transept has a large traceried window and a cross-shaped saddlestone. The apsidal-ended chancel features double lancet windows with a quatrefoil above. The organ loft and vestry, opposite the south transept, have a similar traceried window and a doorway with a Caernarvon arch. The north aisle has three lancets, while the clerestory has nine. The attached hall to the north aisle is gabled, with a traceried window to the east and west, and Caernarvon arched doors to both sides.

Inside, a four-bay arcade has clustered columns with foliate decoration and carved roundels between the arches depicting scenes from the Gospels. The clerestory features lancet windows. The west end has three lancets surmounted by a rose window containing stained glass by Clayton & Bell. The marble font is a copy of one in Florence Cathedral, featuring a quatrefoil-shaped bowl with putti and a spiral-shaped shaft with a foliate base. A decorative bronze tablet commemorates James Thompson, who endowed the church. The roof is of arched braced construction. A pulpit of Derbyshire alabaster with marble shafts is topped with a suspended hexagonal wooden canopy. A stained glass window in the south transept by Clayton & Bell depicts Faith, Hope, and Charity. The chancel has stained glass by Heaton, Butler and Bayne. A painted boarded roof depicts the firmament and angels. Original pews and an organ remain.