Church Of St Mary

The Church of St. Mary is a Grade II* listed building located in Ipsden. It dates from the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries, with a porch added in the early 17th century. The church is constructed of flint with brick dressings on the porch, and a mixture of flint and stone with stone dressings on the nave. The chancel is made of flint with stone dressings, and the roof is covered with plain tiles.

The nave features a north aisle and a chancel, with a gabled porch at the center of the south side. This porch has a double studded door leading to a two-centred brick archway, which is topped with a brick hood mould. The gable displays ornamental barge boards. On the left side of the nave, there is a three-light stone Perpendicular window with a hood mould, and another similar window to the right of center. To the right, there is a two-light 19th-century window, also with a hood mould. The chancel on the right has a blocked Romanesque doorway to the left and three lancet windows to the right. A three-light window with Perpendicular tracery is located on the right return. The rear of the chancel features three lancets, while the left return of the aisle has a three-light stone Perpendicular window and a lancet on the right return. A 19th-century bellcote is positioned on the left return.

Inside, the church has Romanesque chancel windows with splays and jamb shafts that feature waterleaf or volute capitals. The chancel arch is of transitional style, as is the arcade of two arches leading to the north aisle. The 14th-century curved principal roof has curved and cusped wind braces in the aisle.

Historically, the church was formerly a chapel of North Stoke and was under the patronage of the Abbey of Bec in Normandy.