Parish Church Of St Mary

The Parish Church of St Mary is a building with a history spanning several centuries, beginning in the 13th century. The chancel and nave date from the 13th century, with a south porch rebuilt in 1722. The chancel walls were lowered in 1804, a north aisle added in 1834, and a north vestry constructed in the 20th century. Restorations occurred in 1865, 1875, and 1896. The church is constructed of rubble-stone with stone dressings and has slate roofs.

The chancel features a 3-light east window from the 13th century. The south wall of the chancel has two 19th-century windows and a blocked 13th-century doorway with continuous chamfered jambs and a 2-centred head. A 20th-century doorway provides access to the north vestry. The nave's south wall has a chamfered plinth and a moulded string close under the eaves. A small single-light window, high up at the east end, has an ogee opening and pierced spandrels set within a square head. A large 15th-century window is located east of the porch, featuring three cinquefoiled lights with vertical tracery in a distorted 2-centred head, surmounted by a label with head-stops. A 14th-century 2-light window is situated west of the porch. The west wall gables with a central buttress in three stages and an ashlar bellcote with two round-headed openings beneath a gablet. The south porch has a chamfered segmental head and chamfered jambs, with a stone tablet above bearing the initials and date "IH 1722." The north aisle’s west doorway has a stone tablet inscribed "This aisle built 1834 by subscription." The aisle's end walls contain 2-light windows, and the north wall has a 3-light window; all with simple intersecting tracery in 2-centred heads.

Inside, the nave’s north wall has been removed and replaced with three 19th-century cast-iron columns. The chancel arch, originally late 13th century, has been rebuilt and widened. It is 2-centred with two orders, the inner order hollow-chamfered and the outer order chamfered, with roll-moulded stops. A 12th-century font features a circular tub-shaped bowl with a shallow band of fluted label-ornament under the rim and three incised bands of bead and interlace decoration near the base, set upon a modern cylindrical stem. A gallery spans the full width of the church, dated 1834. The oak pulpit is six-sided, fluted and reeded, and divided into three tiers. One panel is carved with the date and initials '1630 RW.IM'. A 15th-century monument consists of a Purbeck marble slab with an incised figure of a priest, which has been cut down and reset on modern corbels.