Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church dating back to the 15th century, significantly restored between 1849 and 1850. It is constructed of slatestone rubble with largely Caen stone windows, and has gabled slate roofs. The building comprises a nave, north aisle, south transept, chapel, porch, and a west tower. While appearing largely 15th century, the nave and aisle were largely rebuilt and most windows renewed during the 1849-50 restoration.

The west tower is a simple three-stage structure with diagonal buttresses and a crenellated parapet supported by a corbel table. It features 2-light roundarched belfry openings and a 2-centred arched west doorway with a restored 3-light window above, and a probable original single arched light on the second stage. A rectangular stair projection is positioned on the north side. The north aisle has four bays of restored Perpendicular style windows, separated by buttresses. A 5-sided rood stair turret rises with a conical stone roof. A 19th-century vestry sits under a catslide roof on the north side of the chancel. The chancel features a lower roofline and a restored 4-light window at its east end, with two 2-light windows to the south and a priest’s doorway between. The transept has a restored 3-light window on its end wall, along with two further windows on the nave wall executed in a 14th-century style with reticulated tracery. A large, single-story, gabled porch, likely a complete 19th-century rebuild, features a pointed rubble arch.

Inside, a simple 4-centred chamfered granite south doorway is present. A four-bay granite arcade has Pevsner A-type piers with cup capitals and moulded 4-centred arches. A simple 4-centred voussoir arch defines the tower entrance. 19th-century arches lead to the transept, chancel, and chapel. The transept contains a cinquefoiled piscina and a squat to the chancel, featuring an ogee arch. A two-seat granite sedilia with cinquefoiled heads sits on the north side of the chancel. Internal walls are rendered and jointed, with plastered chancel walls and exposed stonework at the west end. All fittings are Victorian, and the octagonal font, pulpit, and desk are crafted from Caen stone.