Parish Church Of St Mary The Virgin

The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is a building of significant historical interest, with a tower dating back to the 13th century, a chancel from the 14th century, and the main body of the church rebuilt around 1500. It was restored and a vestry added around 1875. The church is constructed of ironstone rubble, with tiled roofs over the nave and north aisle, and slated roofs over the chancel, vestry and porch, all featuring coped gables.

The west tower is of two stages, with a partly battlemented parapet and corner pinnacles. It features small lancet windows at the belfry level, a small rectangular window in the north wall, and a trefoil-headed lancet with a shallow central buttress in the west wall. The south wall of the nave contains three 3-light windows with round-headed lights and solid panelled tracery, alongside an oval recess beneath the western window. The south porch has a shallow 4-centred arch with a projecting stone cross above. The south wall of the chancel has a 2-light 14th-century window and a re-set 2-light 13th-century window with deep cut mouldings internally. Angle buttresses are present on the chancel. The east window, dating to around 1500, is square-headed with three lights and straight-sided heads. The north window, also from around 1500, is of two lights. The north aisle has two windows that mirror those in the south nave wall, and a doorway with a 4-centred arched head. The inner door to the porch has a 4-centred arch and an 18th-century panelled door.

Inside, the nave has an unplastered waggon roof dating to around 1500. The north arcade features composite piers and moulded caps, seemingly incorporating reused material. The floor is brick, probably from the 18th century, with some stone grave slabs. At the west end of the nave is a canopied tomb recess with indents for vanished brasses. Fragments of late medieval stained glass are found in the west window of the aisle. The tower arch is 13th-century, with painted Royal Arms of George IV above. Several 18th-century hatchments are also present. The chancel arch is 13th-century, and a narrow opening in the south nave wall, near the chancel arch, may have been a doorway to a former Rood loft. The chancel has a 19th-century elliptical barrel ceiling. A piscina and a 15th-century brass are set into the south chancel wall. A 15th-century octagonal font with traceried panels is also present, along with a barrel organ at the west end of the nave.