Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church that dates back to the 14th century, with a 15th-century tower. It underwent significant restoration and partial rebuilding in 1867. The structure is built from coursed rubble stone, with some areas roughly dressed. The nave and chancel have tiled roofs, while the aisles feature lead roofs.

The west tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses, a battlemented parapet, and two-light openings in the bell chamber. The west side includes a four-light traceried window and a single light above it. There are small blocked lancets on the north and south sides. The nave has a clerestory with four quatrefoil windows. The aisles contain three bays of two-light 19th-century Decorated windows with varied tracery, and similar windows are found at the east end. The north and south doors have moulded two-centred arches, with the south door featuring a 19th-century hood and carved head stops. There is also a 19th-century south porch. The chancel has two bays of similar windows and a three-light window at the east end, along with a similar doorway on the south side.

Inside, there is a triple hollow-chamfered tower arch. The nave arcade consists of four bays with moulded arches on octagonal piers that have moulded caps and bases. The chancel arch is similar and rests on semi-octagonal piers. The aisles feature cusped ogee piscinae and corbels with ballflower bases flanking the east windows. The chancel includes a 14th-century cusped ogee piscina with stop-chamfered sides and a 19th-century double sedilia with shaped stone armrests. The north wall has a blind recess with a 19th-century moulded arch on triple shafts with carved foliage caps. The roofs are from the 19th century, with the chancel roof supported by carved foliage corbels.

Fittings include a 17th-century pulpit with carved arcaded panels and other 19th-century fittings, such as an elaborately arcaded carved marble reredos and glass from 1862 in the east window.

In the chancel, there are notable monuments, including a brass to Cecilia Fortescue from 1570 on a stone altar tomb with blind tracery and blank heraldic panels. Above this is a monument featuring painted kneeling figures of Sir John Fortescue and his wife from 1607, as well as an undated stone and marble monument to Sir Francis Fortescue (the son of Sir John) and his wife, which includes painted kneeling figures in niches and mourning children.