Church of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church largely dating to around 1400, with a clerestorey from around 1500, and substantial alterations in the 1820s. The earliest work is linked to John Selwood, Abbot of Glastonbury, and the 1820s restoration was undertaken by Reverend T.H. Lane Fox, using the expertise of William Evans of Wimborne Minster. The church is constructed from greensand ashlar with ashlar dressings, with gable ended roofs covered in stone slate and lead.

The church follows a plan comprising a nave with north and south aisles, a clerestorey, a west porch with a tower over, north and south transepts, a chancel with a north vestry and south chapel. The architectural style is largely 'Perpendicular'. Windows are characterised by panel tracery with two-centred heads, except for those in the clerestorey, which have square heads. The west door features a chamfered two-centred head, continuous jambs with broachstops, and a moulded label.

The west tower rises in three stages. The first stage features diagonal buttresses and an original two-light window with a two-centred head above the door. The second stage has a matching window. The third stage contains 15th-century belfry windows, partially obscured by the nave roof and by 19th-century clock faces. A low 19th-century stage with lattice panelled masonry and quatrefoil loops sits above, surmounted by an embattled parapet with crocketed finials. A 19th-century porch leads into the south aisle.

Internally, the nave is divided from the transept by a four-bay arcade with two-centred arches. A similar two-bay arcade defines the chancel. The nave roof, dating to around 1500, is wagon-shaped, with three tie beams, carved bosses, and carved flying angels positioned at the springing point of the transverse ribs. The chancel and transepts have simpler barrel vaults, while the north and south aisles, north vestry, and south chapel have flat ribbed ceilings. 19th-century features include pews, a pulpit, screens and a font. Several 18th and 19th-century monuments are also present. Stained glass from the 19th and 20th centuries is featured, including a notable south east aisle window by Harry Clarke in 1921. An external inscription commemorating the Reverend T.H. Lane Fox is located beneath the east chancel window.