Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a largely 12th-century church, with significant alterations and additions in the 14th, 17th, 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of regular coursed and squared ironstone and limestone, with a lead roof. The church comprises an aisled nave and chancel. The south elevation of the chancel features a 14th-century three-light window with a 4-centred head and an east window with Y-tracery supporting a roundel with cusping. A late 13th-century two-light window with a blank bay is present on the north side of the chancel. The south aisle has a three-window range of 2-light windows with Y-tracery. A small doorway on the right has a single-chamfered pointed arch, while a late 12th-century doorway on the left has a semi-circular arch with three roll mouldings and an outer zig-zag moulding, supported by three orders of shafts with volute capitals. The projecting stone surround to this doorway has ashlar coping, inscribed with the stone “AND DN 1602 CD IB”. A lean-to roof has ashlar parapets, some incorporating a quatrefoil frieze. A mid-19th-century north aisle is present, featuring a three-window range of 2-light Gothic windows with 2-stage buttresses. Clerestory windows on the nave are of squared heads, with one blocked to the south. The west tower collapsed in 1967 and the base is now integrated into a single-story vestry with reused ashlar coping and a corbel table. A 14th-century single-light window is visible on the west elevation. A datestone from 1970, flanked by buttresses, is on the west wall of the chancel above the vestry, along with a glazed tower arch and bellcote at the apex.

Internally, a three-bay nave arcade is present. The southeast bay is an early 13th-century double-chamfered arch with polygonal responds; the two southwest bays are likely late 13th-century double-chamfered arches against an octagonal pier. The north arcade is from the mid-19th century, with double-chamfered arches and octagonal piers. A small, early 19th-century double-chamfered arch with polygonal responds separates the chancel and south aisle. The former tower arch is now partially glazed. Some original timbers may be present in the nave and south aisle roofs. A 14th-century piscina is located in the chancel and south aisle, and a Perpendicular rood screen has been restored. Monuments include two early 19th-century marble tablets dedicated to the Carwarden family in the west wall of the south aisle, accompanied by a 19th-century font. A ribbed and braced door is also present.