St Mary (church Of England)

early C15 W tower, nave clearstorey and elaborate nave roof

and a spartan interior with 3-light pointed E window only, C15 pointed piscina with hollow chamfered mouldings in 2 orders in S wall, roundheaded trefoil cusped piscina in N wall, slabs with brass indents within C18 turned alter rails, 6 roundels of C15 encaustic tiles against N wall of chancel, C17 heavy oak pew, reading desk with C15 poppy-head ends, softwood arch-braced collar roof of 6 short bays, plate dated 1851 over pointed S door, and small painted C18 framed board on N wall with text from Psalms CM ver 2.13

Encaustic tile floor of 1889

The nave of 3 bays has tall 3-bay arcades of slightly different dates in the early C14 both with slender octagonal piers, moulded bases and fine moulded caps and pointed arches of 2 orders, plain chamfered on the S but wave-moulded on the N. The E end of the S arcade is carried on a head corbel

The C14 chancel arch with half-octagonal responds has a similar design to the S arcade

Unusually rich and elaborate early C15 open timber roof of 3 bays is the finest feature of the church with heavy roll-moulded rafters, ridge, purlins, principals, sub-principals, and cambered tie-beams with large standing figures as wall-posts on small stone corbels to tie-beams, half life-size figures under the wall ends of the sub-principals, and large carved bosses to intersections

The 4 standing figures on each side are saints each standing on birds with necks outstretched

The smaller figures on the sub-principals have diadems and hold blank shields

Pierced medieval carved wooden cresting with vine scroll pattern, perhaps from a rood screen, has been fixed to the S aisle wallplate

The nave has also several massive oak benches with moulded rails of C17 or earlier, early C17 hexagonal oak panelled pulpit with carved panels of a lozenge below and coiled scaly serpent above on each side

A similar panel with serpent is incorporated in the C19 wooden lectern

Stone font with plain circular bowl, stem and base, medieval re-cut and C17 wooden cover

Painted panel of Royal Arms of George III, 1760, over chancel arch, and hatchment on W wall

2 C18 framed boards with Commandments flank the C15 oak door with C17 moulded battens on outside to give panelled appearance

N aisle 2 N windows of late C15 differ, one of 3 cinquefoil lights under a segmental head, the other of 2-lights with pierced spandrels under a 4-centred arched head

This has a composite roundel of medieval stained glass

Chamfered plinth, chamfered string course, embattled parapets, belfry opening in each face of 2 trefoil lights with quatrefoil in the head (restored) over 3-light W window of late C15 style with cinquefoil lights (restored) over late C15 pointed W doorway (patched). In the tower base the vestry has 2 C18 painted framed panels with Lord's Prayer and Creed, and framed plan of 1883 signed by Carpenter & Ingelow architects