Church Of Saint Mary

The Church of Saint Mary is a Grade I listed building, primarily dating from the 15th century. It is constructed of rubblestone and sandstone ashlar, topped with a lead roof. The church features a west tower, a nave, a two-storey south porch, and a chancel, with a north-east vestry attached.

The tower is designed in the Perpendicular style, showcasing flat-headed windows and a belfry opening with two ogee-arched lights and a flat hoodmould. It includes a stair turret with a parapet and an embattled parapet adorned with pinnacles. The south porch has a pointed-arch chamfered doorway with a hoodmould, two panels with hoodmoulds, and a vaulted interior. The porch also features a parapet with pinnacles at the corners.

The nave consists of three bays, each with windows of varying designs: three-light, two-light, and three-light ogee-arched windows with cusped lights and flat hoodmoulds, all topped with a parapet. The chancel has three bays; the first and third bays contain two-cusped-light windows with flat hoodmoulds, while the central bay features a four-centre-arched doorway with a hoodmould. Above this doorway are two panels with hoodmoulds displaying the Conyers and Boynton Arms, along with a parapet.

Inside, the church has a shallow-pitched tie-beam roof, a 15th-century octagonal font, and a 15th-century painting on the chancel arch. The choir stalls and rood screen date from the 15th century and include one-light divisions. Additionally, there are 15th-century alabaster effigies of Sir Christopher Boynton and his two wives, along with 19th-century carving of a mailed glove with a helmet and a bird, which is designed to fit above a funerary hatchment.