Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building located on Church Lane in Steeple Barton. It dates from the early 14th and 15th centuries, with a west tower added in the 15th century. The church was restored in 1850 by Buckler. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, and features a stone-coped gabled roof made of artificial stone slate.

The church consists of a chancel and an aisled nave, along with the west tower. The two-bay chancel has mid-19th century reticulated three-light windows in the Perpendicular style on the south side, and a vestry with a similar window and an octagonal stone stack on the north side. The three-bay nave includes a pointed arched doorway and similar windows on the north side, as well as similar windows and a two-light Decorated-style window in the south aisle. A mid-19th century gabled south porch features a hood mould with head stops above an early 14th century pointed moulded south doorway with jamb shafts.

The west tower is crenellated and has two stages. It features a three-light Perpendicular window above an arched and square-headed doorway with quatrefoil spandrels, offset corner buttresses, and an upper stage made of ironstone. This upper stage has hood moulds over stone-louvred two-light windows with arched lights and sunk spandrels.

Inside, the chancel has a Minton tile floor and a mid-19th century arch-braced roof supported by corbels featuring carved angels. There is also a mid-19th century chancel arch. The early 14th century five-bay south arcade has hood moulds with head stops over double-chamfered arches supported on octagonal piers with carved heads, one of which has linking arms to three capitals. The nave has a mid-19th century arch-braced roof with three early 14th century head corbels on the northeast side. The south aisle features a similar roof with two early 14th century head corbels, an early 14th century Decorated piscina, and a fluted 12th century tub font with a moulded base. The tower arch dates from the 15th century, and there are ledger stones from the 17th and 18th centuries, along with mid-19th century fittings and stained glass in the chancel.