Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a church located in Iping, built in 1840 by Thomas Greenshields but extensively rebuilt by Loftus Brock in 1885. The south porch, dated 1885, is prominently featured in the gable. The majority of the west tower is from the earlier construction, and much of the wall fabric and lancet windows also belong to the original building, with the remainder being rebuilt. The church is designed in the Gothic style and constructed from Hythe sandstone, topped with a tiled roof.

The structure consists of a four-bay nave with north and south aisles, a south porch, a lower chancel with a vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages with offset buttresses, and the top stage, or bell stage, features paired lancets with wooden louvres and a machicolated parapet. The first and second stages include lancets and an arched doorcase. The south aisle contains one lancet with a drip mould and two paired trefoil-headed windows supported by a floriate corbel and buttress. The gabled south porch is flanked by chamfered buttresses and has steep triangular gables. The north aisle has four lancets with drip moulds. The lower chancel, consisting of one bay, features lancet windows and a triple lancet west window, along with a series of chamfered buttresses and steep triangular gables. The vestry, dating from around 1840, has one lancet window and a later 19th-century buttress.

Inside, the nave has a roof from around 1885, featuring two tiers of purlins and a collar beam, along with pews and balustered wooden chancel railings. A Norman-style circular font is present, and the north aisle displays a fine wall tablet from around 1772 dedicated to Peter Betesworth, made from three colors of marble and adorned with urns, paterae, and lion's feet. The south aisle features a wall tablet from around 1780 dedicated to Lucy Piggott, with an urn on a grey marble background. A wooden commemorative tablet in the south porch notes the construction of the 1840 church.