Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is an Anglican parish church largely of the mid-13th century, with a tower around 1300 and a chancel rebuilt in the 19th century during a major restoration. It is constructed of flint and limestone, with Welsh slate roofs. The church comprises a nave with a south aisle, a chancel, a south-west tower, and a south porch.

The gabled porch, dating to 1833, features diagonal buttresses that rise to pinnacles, a Tudor-arched door with a hollow chamfer, and a pointed niche in the gable. The south aisle has one 2-light ogee-headed window in a square surround. The east window of the aisle is from around 1400, pointed with two ogee-cusped lights, a string course at eaves level, and plain saddleback coping. The chancel has a pointed priest’s door with a hollow chamfer, with a 2-light window and a single light, both in a 16th-century style, and hoodmoulds to either side. The east side of the chancel has a 2-light Tudor-arched window with cusping and a hoodmould, accompanied by tall pointed niches on either side. The north side of the chancel contains one lancet window and one 2-light pointed window with a hoodmould. The north side of the nave features a central 3-light 16th-century window with interlaced pointed heads and a hoodmould, alongside two 2-light cusped windows with dripmoulds. The west end has a 3-light 16th-century window with a hoodmould.

The square, 3-stage tower has diagonal buttresses. The south side contains a single lancet on the ground floor and a 2-light cusped lancet on the second stage. A string course defines the bell stage. The north and west faces have blocked cusped lancets, while the south face features a gilded clock face. The tower has a pitched roof.

Inside, the early 13th-century inner door has a continuous roll moulding, leading to 19th-century 6-panelled double doors. The 2-bay south aisle has a pointed arcade with cylindrical columns and double-chamfered arches. The 3-bay nave has a tie-beam roof with chamfered beams and struts incorporating cusping. A double-chamfered pointed chancel arch leads to the chancel, which was rebuilt in 1833 and includes a ribbed roof. Blind arches flank the east window, corresponding with the external niches and separated by attached shafts. 1833 fittings include a fine altar, an octagonal font with traceried panels, and an octagonal pulpit, all in a matching style. Also from 1833 are a polychrome tiled floor and pews.