Church Of Saint Mary

The Church of Saint Mary, built between 1868 and 1870 with a vestry added in 1875, is a notable example of High Victorian Gothic architecture designed by G E Street for Sir Tatton Sykes. Constructed from ashlar with a plain tile roof, the church features a three-bay nave with a south aisle and a north porch, as well as a two-bay chancel with the vestry located to the south.

The exterior includes a plinth and string course throughout. The west end showcases a low apsidal baptistry with a trefoil-headed window, flanked by stepped buttresses and topped with a rose window. To the right, there is a two-light pointed window with cinquefoil tracery in the aisle. The porch has a moulded doorway with a hood-mould that features foliate stops, and a trefoil-headed north door beneath a moulded pointed arch, also with a hood-mould supported by banded responds.

The nave is adorned with three-light pointed windows on the north side and single-light trefoil-headed windows on the south. A bell-cote is positioned at the east end of the nave. The chancel contains two-light pointed windows beneath hood-moulds with foliate stops on the north side, while the south side features the vestry with a trefoil-headed door beneath a hood-mould and a small square-headed window to the left. The east end of the chancel has a three-light window with trefoil tracery beneath a hood-mould with foliate stops. The vestry includes a three-light window with trefoil and cinquefoil tracery beneath a hood-mould with foliate stops to the left, and three stepped trefoil-headed windows to the right.

Inside, the church has a four-bay arcade on piers of quatrefoil section, a fine carved wooden screen from 1873, a font and pulpit with blind panelling, and a stone reredos inlaid with green marble. The church also features some fine stained glass, including the east window by Burliston and Grylls, with most of the remaining glass by Clayton and Bell.