Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building constructed between 1869 and 1870 by Paley of Lancaster, located on the site of a medieval church that was rebuilt in 1811 and extended in 1843. The church is built from hammer-dressed red sandstone, featuring an ashlar chamfered plinth, quoins, and string courses. It has a graduated slate roof with coped gables, a cross finial, and decorative ridge tiles.

The north-west square tower porch has three storeys, while the church itself consists of a four-bay nave with a north aisle and a three-bay chancel. The tower includes a north entrance with a pointed arch and a plank door, pointed bell openings with engaged column surrounds that have louvred vents, and a pyramidal spire with a projecting stair tower on the west wall. The nave has a steeply pitched roof to the north with projecting eaves, covering the north aisle, which features small two-light pointed lancets. The south wall has large pointed lancets, and the west end has two large pointed lancets and a rose window. The chancel is highlighted by a triple lancet east window with a hood mould and a quatrefoil window above.

Inside, the nave and vestry have a vaulted pine roof supported by king posts, each with four curved struts. The pews and other furnishings date from the late 19th century or early 20th century. There is a free-standing cross fragment from the 10th or 11th century at the base of the 19th-century font. White marble wall plaques from the early 19th century are remnants of the earlier church. The altar frieze features a coloured mosaic in a flowing leafy design from the 1880s, surrounded by alabaster. Additionally, brass plaques set in the floor inside the altar rail commemorate members of the Johnson family of Walton House from 1821 to 1865.