Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is an Anglican parish church largely dating to the 15th century, with substantial restoration work carried out in 1885 by E. Christian. It is constructed of squared rubble stone with stone slate roofs, coped gables, and cross finials.

The church features a two-stage west tower with a moulded plinth and diagonal buttresses to the front. The west window is of three lights in Perpendicular style, with a hoodmould extending around the tower sides as a dripcourse. Above the buttresses, the bell stage has dripcourses above and below, topped with a plain parapet. There are small, two-light flat-head bell openings with hoodmoulds, alongside a single light directly under the west window. The four-window nave has buttresses at each end and two flat-headed, three-light Perpendicular-style windows on each side, with a porch to the north and a vestry to the south. A moulded plinth runs along the base. The north porch is constructed of ashlar, featuring a moulded plinth, coped gable, and a pointed north doorway with original arch-braced collar trusses. A low, Tudor-arched moulded doorway with a hoodmould and oak plank door is within the porch, and a small statue niche is positioned above. There is a similar south door within the 1885 vestry. The walls of the north porch contain 17th and 18th-century graffiti. Affixed to the outside of the north wall of the nave is a wall plaque commemorating R. Rogers, who died in 1789. The chancel has side buttresses and one two-light and one three-light flat-headed windows on each side, both with hoodmoulds, and a segmental-pointed, three-light east window with a hoodmould.

The interior shows little alteration, retaining the original segmental-pointed boarded wagon roof with moulded ribs, carved bosses, two moulded tie-beams, and a moulded wall-plate. The tower and chancel arches are also moulded. Evidence of a rood stair and loft is visible beside the pulpit on the north side. The chancel roof was renewed in 1885 to match the nave roof. Aumbries and a piscina are incorporated into the chancel walls. 18th-century altar rails are present, along with an early 20th-century oak reredos and an 1885 oak altar table. The east window contains stained glass dating to 1889, and some 15th-century fragments are incorporated into the south window. Memorials to M. Heath (died 1780) are on the north wall, and to H. Baily (died 1783) are on the south wall. Stalls, pews, and a pulpit, all dating to 1885, are also present. Over the chancel arch is a painted depiction of the Royal Arms of 1740. A black stone floor slab belonging to the Michell family bears a date from 1637. A gadrooned stone font is estimated to date from around 1740.