Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a church dating from circa 1843, designed by R.C. Hussey. It is constructed of lias and limestone ashlar with a lead roof. The building follows a cruciform plan, incorporating a central tower and a south porch. It is executed in the Decorated style.

The south elevation of the chancel features a two-window range of two-light windows, with a small south door situated between them. The east window is a circular rose window, with a niche positioned above. The north elevation of the chancel is similar, with a single-storey, one-bay vestry projection. The roof is shallowly gabled with castellated parapets and a finial. The south transept has one window, incorporating a four-light south window, a three-light east window, and a door opening to the west, and has a shallow gabled roof with castellated parapets and a finial. The north transept is similar in design, with a stair turret integrated at the junction with the nave.

The south elevation of the nave is characterized by four bays and a four-window range of two-light windows. The west elevation of the nave includes a five-light window with a roundel in the tracery. The north elevation of the nave mirrors the south with a similar four-window range. The exterior includes two-stage buttresses located between windows and at all corners. The central tower comprises two stages, with gabled single buttresses. Roundels are set centrally on each face of the lower stage, with a clock face incorporated into that to the south. A quatrefoil frieze is positioned between stages. The upper stage of the tower features three-light bell-chamber openings on each face and has a castellated parapet with octagonal gabled and crocketted pinnacles at the corners.

Inside, the crossing is defined by double ribbed and chamfered arches. An arcaded reredos is present at the east end. The furnishings are likely to be from circa 1843. 19th-century stained glass is found in all chancel windows, with the exception of the east window, which is 20th century. Early 20th-century stained glass is present in the north-east nave window. Monumental sculpture includes an alabaster effigy of a knight, dating from circa 1375, which has been reset in an alcove in the north wall of the chancel. Brasses are dedicated to William Lane, who died in 1502, and his wife, located in the south transept. Two 18th-century marble tablets commemorate the Sturgess family in the chancel. A Gothic style wall tablet by R.C. Hussey, dedicated to Sophia Bridges who died in 1853, is on the south wall of the chancel. Various 18th-century reset and 19th-century marble tablets honour the Young family on the west wall of the south transept, and two 19th-century Gothic-style tablets, also commemorating the Young family, are on the east wall of the south transept. A 19th-century font is located in the south transept. The church's rebuilding in 1843 was funded by A.A. Young of Orlingbury Hall and the Rector, B.G. Bridges, at a cost of £4,500.