St Mary The Virgin

south aisle, C13 chancel, north aisle rebuilt in late C15, north chapel

tower, and late C17 porch.

Alterations and restoration dated 1603 and 1875.

Plain tile roofs.

Chamfered plinth, angle buttresses with chamfered offsets and leading into diagonal buttreses to belfry, moulded string course with carved blocks, quatrefoil frieze to parapet string course with carved blocks and gargoyles, and battlemented parapet with moulded coping and 8 crocketed pinnacles.

Louvred belfry openings of 2 trefoil-headed lights with quatrefoil tracery, chamfered reveals, and hoodmoulds with carved stops.

Small C12 round-arched window to right.

Pilaster buttresses flanking late C12 round-arched doorway off-centre to left with chamfered reveals, one order of shafts with moulded bases and foliage- carved capitals, 2 orders of carved ornament around arch (chevron and other) and remains of hoodmould

Right-hand return front: C14 window of 2 trefoil-headed lights with Y-tracery.

C12 depressed- arched doorway to right with chamfered reveals, one order of shafts with moulded bases and foliage-carved capitals, chamfered imposts and roll- moulded arch with nailhead ornament

probably C15 or C16 nail-studded boarded door with strap hinges.

Late C17 ashlar porch with chamfered rustication, round-arched entrance with archivolt, flanking rusticated pilasters with moulded bases and capitals and parapeted gable with moulded kneelers, plain coping with flanking scrolls, and cross at apex.

Left- hand return front of aisle: C15 window of 3 trefoiled ogee-headed lights with panelled tracery, chamfered reveals and returned hoodmould (possibly altered from 2-light window - see stubs of mullions in cill).

East gable end of nave with pair of double-chamfered square windows of c.1603.

late C18 left-hand buttress with upper part carved to represent obelisk-type memorial tablet Square-headed window to left of 2 cinquefoil-headed lights.

Blocked moulded C13 priest's doorway off-centre to left (partly obscured by left-hand buttress).

North side: C13 blocked chamfered lancet to right and central C19 chamfered round-arched window of 2 cinquefoil- headed lights.

East end: large C15 window of 5 cinquefoil-headed lights with panelled tracery and returned hoodmould.

Interior: 2 late C12 arcades of 21 bays (west end truncated by later tower) consistihg of circular piers with moulded bases and capitals carved with small scallops, foliage and beads (south-east), round arches with small chamfer and continuous hoodmould with carved heads as stops.

3-bay nave roof of c.1603 consisting of chamfered arch-braced collar trusses springing from stone corbels

C13 chancel arch consisting of half-round inner shafts with capitals and moulded arch, and continuous outer chamfer.

Probably C17 three-bay chancel roof consisting of arch-braced collar trusses with central pendants and struts above collar, and springing from hammerbeams with carved angels

Blocked C13 south door to chancel with blocked C13 window to left.

Fittings: carved oak reredos presented in 1881 by Miss Corbet of Acton Reynald.

Late C19 eagle lectern.

Octagonal wooden pulpit dated 1612 with fluted recessed panels (2 high), guilloche ornament, moulded cornice, tapered base with lozenge ornament and steps with fluted newel.

C12 stone tub font with bands of geometrical ornament, moulded base and lead lining.

Probably C17 iron- bound poor box by north door.

C17 table in south aisle with tapered legs and carving.

Plain C17 or C18 parish chest and 3 large benefactors' boards beneath tower Brass chandelier presented by Mr Richard Hill in 1776.

Stained glass: fragments of C14 or C15 glass in south window of chancel including a Virgin of the Annunciation.

Monuments: medieval coffin slab on wall west of north door with a cross of the crosslet type and the initials "EC KP".

Dates inscribed in wall above chancel arch, including 1875 and to the left 1603 with the initials: "WHMP".

The roof was probably raised c.1603 and the windows in the eastern gable end of the nave inserted at the same time.

D.H.S. Cranage, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, part 8, pp.718-724