Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a church dating from the late 12th century, with significant additions and alterations in the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries. It was restored in 1866 by F.C. Penrose. The church is constructed of limestone rubble, partly rendered, with ashlar dressings and lead roofs. It comprises a chancel, aisled nave, a west tower, and a south porch.

The chancel has two 2-light Decorated windows on its south side, along with 13th-century lancet low-side windows, cusped to the south. A renewed, shouldered arch frames the priests' door. The east window dates from 1852, and the parapet is likely from the 15th century. The south aisle is narrow, containing a 2-light Decorated window with geometrical tracery and three square-headed 15th-century windows. The south porch, probably 14th century, has a rebuilt entrance arch but retains ancient doors. It shelters a simple 14th-century doorway. The north aisle is restored and features 19th-century windows to the east and west, but retains a blocked chamfered doorway and two square-headed windows, one with Perpendicular tracery. The 15th-century clerestory includes square-headed windows with two trefoiled lights.

The three-stage tower, dating to the 14th century, features a 2-light west window with reticulated tracery, and similar bell-chamber openings. The tower has a solid parapet with a frieze of quatrefoils.

Inside, the 14th-century chancel contains a triple sedilia with free-standing shafts and ball-flower ornament, traces of painted decoration, a rectangular double-bowl piscina, and an aumbry, also with painted patterning. The roof is dated 1857. The chancel arch has detached shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. The transitional north arcade, comprising three bays, has pointed arches on round piers with scalloped capitals. The taller 13th-century south arcade has moulded capitals. The nave roof, with moulded cambered beams and moulded purlins, is probably from the 15th or 16th century, while the aisle roofs are 19th-century.

Significant fittings include a plain tub font with an elaborate 18th-century wrought-iron finial and arched crane, several pieces of 16th and 17th-century woodwork incorporated into the furnishings, and a fine 17th-century communion table with carved baluster legs. Memorials include a brass to William Maunde (died 1612) and his wife. Wrought-iron chandeliers share details with the font ironwork and may be contemporary.