Church Of Saint Mary

The Church of Saint Mary is a church with origins dating back to the 13th century, but it was completely rebuilt in the late 19th century. It is constructed from ham stone ashlar and dressings, with Welsh slates between coped gables. The layout consists of a chancel with two bays, a nave, and aisles, all featuring three bays, along with a west tower. The tower is designed in a 13th-century style, while the rest of the church reflects a 14th-century style.

The chancel is plain, with corner plinth height buttresses and corbel tables at the eaves. It features a triple lancet east window framed with attached columns and arches on the outside. On the south side, there are two 2-light windows in a 15th or 16th-century style, while the north side has a single lancet window and a 3-light mullioned window in a 17th-century style, both with labels. The north and south aisles are also plain, with a corbel table at the eaves and 2-light windows featuring 14th-century decorated tracery. There are arched doorways without porches in the east bay of the north aisle and the center bay of the south aisle.

The tower has two stages, with a round arched doorway featuring impost blocks in the west wall. Above this is a simple lancet window without a label. There is a string course on corbels, followed by pairs of plain lancet windows in the east and west walls that cut through a simple string course at the base of the gables. The roof is pitched between coped gables and topped with a small spirelet and a weathervane at the center of the ridge.

Internally, the church has a completely 19th-century character with no apparent remnants from the earlier structure, except for a hatchment board dated 1825. The open boarded roofs feature trussed rafters, and the chancel arch and arcades are designed in a 13th-century style, while the fittings are generally in a 14th-century style, all original and well-detailed, remaining unaltered since the rebuilding. The first recorded rector was John de Kirkeby in 1293, and the rebuilding likely occurred between 1880 and 1890 after the previous church was destroyed by fire.