Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century and 17th century, with a restoration and addition in 1894 by C. Hodgson Fowler. It is constructed of gritstone rubble and features a graduated stone slate roof. The church has a three-bay nave that includes a south porch and a bellcote, as well as a one-bay chancel with a north vestry.

The nave's south porch has a round arch with a dripmould and worn human-head terminals, along with a trefoil recess above. The inner door features a plain tympanum. To the left of the porch is a cross-window, while to the right are narrow lancets flanking a pointed-arched window with a crude dripmould and human-head terminals. The bellcote at the east end has two arches. The north wall of the nave contains a two-light double-chamfered mullioned window and a narrow quoined lancet window at the west end.

The chancel is narrower and lower than the nave, featuring a blocked south door and a three-light double-chamfered mullion window under a stepped hoodmould to the right. The east window is in the Perpendicular style and consists of three lights. The church has shaped kneelers, ashlar coping, and gable crosses.

Inside, there is a fine Norman font with a circular stem and a polygonal bowl decorated with interlaced arcading and relief designs. The chancel arch is round-headed and dates from the 12th century, consisting of two orders with plain imposts. The pews are from the 16th and 17th centuries. The 1894 restoration involved refitting the chancel, reroofing, constructing the vestry, and relaying grave slabs. The church is now redundant and is maintained by the Friends of Friendless Churches. For further information, see H. Speight's "Kirkby Overblow and District," published in London in 1903, page 198.