Church Of St Mary The Virgin

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a parish church located in Long Preston, dating from the late 14th century to early 15th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed from slobbered, squared rubble with millstone grit dressings and features a stone slate roof. It includes a south porch, a west tower, a four-bay nave, north and south aisles, and a three-bay chancel that was restored between 1867 and 1868 by Healey of Bradford, along with north and south side chapels.

The gabled south porch has a moulded entrance surround with a segmental pointed arch and a hood mould, topped with a trefoil cross. The entrance features shield stops, a plank door, and strap hinges. The three-stage tower is supported by diagonal buttresses and has two single light chamfered windows on the first two stages. The bell stage contains segmental pointed two-light windows with cinquefoil heads and a quatrefoil above geometrical tracery, along with a clock face on the west side and crocketed finials.

The aisle and chapel windows are two-light segmental pointed windows with cavetto mullions and geometrical tracery, featuring cinquefoil heads and quatrefoils above, with hood moulds. There are two windows in the aisles and three in the chapels. The east end of the south chapel has a three-light window with an ogee arch, while the north chapel has a two-light trefoil-headed east window. The chancel's east window is a three-light window with rectilinear tracery and trefoil heads, and there are cruciform finials added to the east and west ends of the chancel around 1870.

Inside, the church features four-bay north and south arcades supported by octagonal piers and segmental pointed arches. The pulpit dates from the late 17th century, and there is a Romanesque sandstone font with zig-zag moulding and an oak canopy from 1726. The nave has king post roof trusses with A-braces, while the north and south aisles have cusped windbraces and stone shield corbels. The chancel is adorned with Minton tiles, and some stained glass windows were created by Capronnier of Brussels.