Church Of Saint Mary

The Church of Saint Mary is a parish church with some early 13th century details. The aisles were rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries, and the west tower dates from the late 15th century. The nave arcades and clerestory, along with the chancel, were largely restored in 1858 by G.H. Stokes. There is a 19th century south porch and a north vestry. The church is constructed of dressed limestone with tiled roofs on the chancel and porch, while the remainder has lead roofs.

The west tower, which has two stages, features a plinth, a battlemented parapet, diagonal buttresses, and a square stair tower on the southeast. The bell-chamber has two-light traceried openings. Above the nave and aisles is a three-light cusped window, and the three-bay clerestory has three-light cusped windows with four-centred heads. The aisles contain two-light traceried windows, with the south aisle being irregular, featuring a three-light east window and one south window with a flat head and X tracery. The south door is set in a moulded two-centred arch. The chancel has one bay of lancets, an additional two-light traceried window to the south, and a three-light traceried east window.

Inside, the tower has a double hollow chamfered arch on attached shafts with moulded caps. The nave arcades consist of three bays with moulded arches on quatrefoil piers, featuring shafts in the angles and battlemented capitals and bases made from 13th century stiff-leaf capitals. The 19th century roof retains carved figures of angels from the 15th and 16th centuries, which have been restored. The chancel arch was rebuilt in the 19th century with a double-chamfered arch on semi-octagonal piers, adorned with small carved stone angel stops.

Notable fittings include a round medieval font, fragments of 15th century glass in a window in the north aisle, and a 17th century altar table with turned balusters and a fluted frieze in the north aisle. The east window features glass from 1890 by Kempe, while other fittings date from the 19th century. Monuments include a small brass to John Theede from 1641 on the west wall of the north aisle, and a marble wall tablet above it commemorating Thomas Theed from 1702, which includes carved draperies, winged cherub heads, and a coat of arms.