Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary in Little Coxwell is a Grade II* listed building that features a mix of architectural styles, including Transitional, Early English, and Perpendicular, with significant restoration completed in the late 19th century. The church is constructed from rubble stone and roughcast, with stone dressings, a gabled stone tiled roof, and dressed stone copings.

It has a two-bay nave and a two-bay chancel, with a double bellcote situated between them. The south porch and north vestry add to its layout. On the south side of the nave, there is a pointed-headed window with two cusped lights, alongside a Perpendicular window with three cusped lights beneath a flat head, featuring carved label heads, one of which depicts a sugar bag hat. The north side of the nave contains a 19th-century window with two cusped lights.

The gabled bellcote, dating from the 13th century, has two pointed openings and a quatrefoil above, which features a sundial on its south face. The south side of the chancel includes a Perpendicular window with two tiers of four cusped lights and a transom under a flat head, adorned with shield labels. There is also a plainly moulded Transitional priest's door and a 19th-century window with two cusped lights.

To the east, there is a 19th-century Decorated style window with three lights, and a similar window to the west, featuring a quatrefoil in a roundel above. The south porch is built in the Perpendicular style, with a gabled stone tiled roof and a four-centred arch that has a dripstone and label heads, enclosing a studded plank and batten door from the 19th century.

Inside, the church has a two-celled aiseless interior with a 19th-century west gallery, which is fronted by reused sections of a 14th-century screen. The open rafter roof includes tie beams and cusped braces. The chancel arch is Transitional with an ogee head, set on plain stopped and chamfered jambs. On the south wall of the chancel, there is a trefoil-headed piscina. Flanking the east window are two cusped-headed niches, one of which is likely a blocked Early English window.

The east window features stained glass from 1896, depicting the crucifixion, created by Heaton, Butler and Bayne. Notable interior elements include a fine brass 'spider' chandelier dated 1729, a wrought iron hour-glass stand by the pulpit, and the Royal Arms displayed above the chancel arch.