St Mary

Some herringbone masonry in the north and south walls of the chancel suggests pre 1100 origins and Pevsner argues that the masonry of the south arcade might be Saxon.

C13 base to tower, south aisle

first phase of north transept c. mid C14

C15 north aisle and upper stage of tower and west window and west doorway of tower.

North transept heightened and re-windowed in the C16, some documented work of the C17.

Large five-light window in east side of transept blocked to accommodate monument inside.

The south side has a mixture of square-headed and arched traceried windows: Pevsner notes date of 1629 on south wall.

The C16 porch has a good early C17 external door.

INTERIOR: C19 chancel arch on carved corbels.

The south arcade is something of a puzzle, with an octagonal C14 pier but the remaining arches dying into square section piers.

Pevsner suggests that the square section piers represent the remains of the north wall of an aisleless church and may suggest Saxon proportions with a long nave and chancel, unless they are associated with what seems to have been a C17 building phase on the south side.

C15 north arcade with octagonal piers with follow-chamfered capitals.

Tower ceiling of moulded C15 beams.

The two-phase font has a C12 or C13 cylindrical stem with remarkable integral serpentine beasts, one with a beakhead, sculpted around the base.

The octagonal bowl is Perpendicular with carved panels of religious and secular symbols.

Outstanding set of late C15 or early C16 benches with moulded cornices to the backs and the tops of the ends, which are uncarved.

There are two remarkable monuments, described by Pevsner as 'amongst the best of their dates in the county', among several of interest in the church.

In the north transept there are three alabaster effigies of members of the Savage family, d. 1616, 1631 and 1674, on a panelled chest with supporters at their feet and four kneeling figures at their feet.

The figures are in unusually good condition with gilded detail on the costumes.

On the east wall of the transept is a major wall monument to the first Earl of Coventry, d. 1699, signed by William Standon.

It is a high quality monument including a white marble figure of the earl reclining on a deep chest in front of a lengthy inscription and under an arch crowned with armorial bearings.

Large sub-figures flank the chest and the armorial bearings.Other fittings include C19 polygonal timber pulpit with delicate blind traceried sides.

Ancient stained glass includes fragments in the south transept and the chancel which has late medieval or C16 Royal Arms.

This is a medieval church outstanding on many different counts: some probably pre-1100 fabric

remarkable two-phase medieval font

a very complete set of late medieval benches and two of the best C17 and C18 monuments in the county.