Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a church built in 1830, as indicated by the date above the entrance, which also features the names of the curate and churchwardens. It was constructed to replace a medieval church and incorporates some materials from the old structure. The building is made of dressed red sandstone, set on a chamfered plinth with flush quoins, and has a graduated slate roof.

The church features a three-storey west square tower and porch, a four-bay nave, and a single-bay chancel. The entrance has plank double doors set in a pointed chamfered surround with a hood mould. There are stepped angle buttresses, tall lancet windows, and bell openings, all with hood moulds, as well as corner pinnacles. The nave is adorned with tall lancet windows that also have hood moulds, while the chancel features a triple lancet east window.

Inside, the church has a moulded plaster ceiling and early 20th-century furnishings and fittings. There are 17th and 18th-century heraldic wall plaques, along with 18th and 19th-century aedicule wall plaques, most of which originated from the original church. The font stem is initialled AB, HR, IE, ID and is dated 1748, while the bowl is a 19th-century replacement. For further historical context, see T.E.A. Verity's "A History of Stapleton Church & Parish," published in 1976.