Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church with a tower dating back to the 13th century, along with the chancel and nave. The church was refenestrated in the 15th century, and a south aisle was added in 1864. Following a fire, the entire church underwent extensive restoration, refenestration, and refitting. The exterior is roughcast over rubble with Ham stone dressings, exposed quoins to the chancel, and lias random rubble for the south aisle and tower. The roofs are slate with coped verges.

The west tower is crenellated with dwarf clasping buttresses and a string course. Details include lancet louvred bell openings, a lancet above the west door, a pointed arch opening with a C19 door, and a two-light window in the south aisle. A single-story, buttressed vestry is located at the south east, featuring a reset two-light mullioned window. There are buttressed sections to the chancel with a two-light window to the south and a three-light window to the east. The north front features two two-light windows to the left and one to the right of a single-story, gabled porch with chamfered pointed arch openings and lancets on the returns. The porch has a C19 ribbed compartment ceiling and a C19 door.

Inside, a rendered chancel arch dates back to the 13th century and has undergone significant restoration. The tower arch is strongly moulded, with a rear arch chamfered in two orders, and includes a plank screen. The church features C19 roofs: a wagon ceiling in the chancel, a plastered vault in the nave, and a collar and principal roof in the south aisle. An aumbry is also present. The jambs below the south window in the chancel have been extended to form a sedilia. Fittings from 1864 include a stone pulpit, a Perpendicular style font, and pine pews. Late 19th-century stained glass windows are also present.

A wooden “modus” board, reportedly dated 1805, lists tithe contributions in the form of customary payments for various lands in the parish, providing a rare survival detailing this once important aspect of parish life. A brass set on slate commemorates William Burridge, who died in 1758, and other family members, and is signed by William Goodwyn, the sculptor, and M Lang of Taunton. The chapel of St Ann was dedicated within the south aisle in 1972.