Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is an Anglican parish church located in Lottisham, built in 1876 by Sir T G Jackson. It features a combination of blue lias and Ham stone with Doulting dressings, and has a tile roof that includes a slight bellcast. Above the chancel arch, there is a tile-hung timber bellcote adorned with arcading and louvres, topped with a spirelet and weathervane. The church is designed in the Free Perpendicular and Decorated styles, reflecting the Arts and Crafts movement.

The building consists of a two-bay nave, a south porch, and a chancel that includes an organ loft on the north side. It has 2 and 3-light windows with simple leaded lights, and the west end features two 2-stage buttresses with offsets and a gable face that has a planted frame. The west window is designed with a 2:1:2-light configuration. A prominent 2-stage buttress is situated between the nave and chancel, while the chancel itself has a 2-bay layout with small windows and a 3-light east window that showcases flowing tracery.

Access to the nave is through a plank door, and there is a small plank door leading to the chancel, both equipped with elaborate strap hinges. The interior is plastered with tile floors; the nave boasts an unceiled king-post tie-beam roof featuring struts and some cusping, while the chancel has an unceiled wagon roof. The chancel arch is formed by two tie-beam trusses positioned closely together, elevated by posts with heavy ogee-arched braces and cusping, which also support the bellcote.

The church contains a complete set of fittings, including simple stained pews and choir stalls with additional seating provided by flapped extensions. Some of the readers are designed in an unusual Art Nouveau style reminiscent of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Other features include a pulpit, a simple octagonal stone font, and a 19th-century organ. This church is a second example of one of Jackson's relatively few church designs in the parish.