Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a building of group value, dating from around 1240, with significant alterations in the late 14th century, the 15th century, and a restoration in 1847. It is constructed primarily of random flint and sandstone rubble, with the nave rendered and green sandstone dressings on the east and west ends. The roof is tiled, featuring Horsham slab eaves courses, and the church is laid out with a square, battlemented tower to the west, a nave and chancel to the east, and a porch to the south.

The tower has offset buttresses and a moulded string course, with two-light, three-centred arched openings on each face of the top stage. A 15th-century window with three cinquefoil lights under a four-centred head and label moulding is located on the west face of the first stage. The nave has rectangular two-light windows with label mouldings and cusped-head lights. The chancel is lit by two 13th-century lancets to the north and two similar lancets to the south. An 1819 window, inserted into older jambs, is positioned on the east side, featuring cinquefoil lights and tracery in a two-centred arched head.

The gabled timber-framed porch to the south has original moulded wall plates and five braced open lights on each side, supported by a brick underbuild. A studded door is set within a simple chamfered surround with a four-centred arched head. Inside, the church has a simple, aisless plan. The nave roof retains old tie beams over embattled wall plates, while the chancel's west end features beams on curved braces. A rebuilt 13th-century screen with traceried heads to the lights and a moulded cornice remains. An early 17th-century wood gallery, extensively restored, is located to the west. A 13th-century Priest’s door, with chamfered sandstone jambs, is situated on the south wall of the chancel, alongside a 13th-century piscina with step-chamfered jambs and a pointed head, although the bowl is now broken. A rebuilt, octagonal, lead-lined font rests on a central stem and moulded plinth. A 19th-century pulpit is also present, as is a brass memorial to Lawrence Slyfield, who died in 1521, located on the north side of the chancel.