Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a late 13th-century church with 15th-century additions, restored and enlarged in 1846 by H.J. Underwood. It comprises a three-bay nave and north aisle, a chancel, a west steeple, a south porch, and a north-east vestry. The church is constructed of marlstone ashlar, with some rubble, and has lead and Welsh-slate roofs.

The chancel has a traceried east window dating from 1859 in a Perpendicular style. To the south are two blocked 15th-century windows, and a two-light square-headed window featuring ogee tracery and a low transom, with four small ogee-treaded lights below. Rubble walls and low buttresses may be from the 13th century. The nave has a Decorated south doorway with continuous moulding and ballflower ornamentation, leading to an old plank door. This is sheltered by a late 14th-century porch with a parapet, large gargoyles, and a sundial. The south wall features three large, square-headed, three-light windows dating from around 1400, with quatrefoils in the tracery, and single-light clerestory windows with ogee tracery above. Two small 16th-century windows are in the north clerestory. The 19th-century north aisle has trefoil-headed lancets and a two-light east window with plate tracery.

The late 13th-century ashlar steeple is three stages high, with shallow buttresses to the first stage, and cusped lancets to the south. The top stage has cusped two-light bell-chamber openings with transoms. The broach spire rises from a cornice featuring gargoyles at the angles, and is likely slightly later. A contemporary lean-to extension to the north has a trefoil-headed lancet above a small west door.

Inside, a late 14th-century chancel arch leads into the nave. A 19th-century north arcade has octagonal piers. Twin arches lead to the tower and its extension; these are of three and two chamfered orders, dying into chamfered responds. All roofs are from the 19th century, featuring traceried spandrels in the nave and aisle. A 15th-century panelled font is also present. The chancel floor is made of black and white marble, potentially from the late 17th century, and includes several 18th-century ledgers. Wall monuments in the chancel commemorate the Jones family (mid-18th century), featuring an architectural surround with a triangular pediment, and the Travell family (erected 1775), with a garlanded urn. Fittings are plain and from the 19th century. A hatchment is located in the nave. Fragments of medieval stained glass are within the tracery lights of the south windows, and the 19th-century east window features a pictorial central panel.