← Database
St Mary

Architectural Features

C15 additions and alterations.

Above this is a C17 or C20 circular clock face on an octagonal metal plate and above this is the louvred belfry opening which has a double chamfered reveal and curvilinear tracery with a quatrefoil to the top.

The parapet has a moulded jetty and coping with a gargoyle to right of centre.

The body of the church originally extended in line with the tower, this being at the centre of its western front, however, at the time of the rebuilding of the church in the C13

The parapet to the aisle is Perpendicular and battlemented with gargoyles.

Above this in a canopied niche is a very weathered figure of a saint.

To the top of the wall is a Perpendicular battlemented parapet with gargoyles.

These are crossed by two bands to form rectangular panels below the clerestory windows, one of which still contains remnants of a C15 wall painting.

The roof of the northern aisle appears to have been brought from elsewhere and has angel corbels bearing shields and supporting camber-beams.

nine church wardens are listed and the carpenter Richard Downes and the dates 1616 and 1617.

The south aisle roof and that of the Chapel of St Mary are similar to that of the nave, the angel corbels appearing to be of C17 form and the floral bosses spelling out M A HIS R E for the length of the aisle.

The stalls in the chancel have hinged seats which originally had misericords (now removed).

The box pews to the nave are of C17 date with raised and fielded and arched panels to the lower bodies with panels of strapwork in relief above, having moulded iron H-hinges.

The pulpit is C17 and octagonal having two rows of round arches resting on fluted pilasters

C17 lectern in the form of an eagle holding a ball.

The reredos in the Lady Chapel, the altar rail to the chancel and the font cover and crane form a set and are of sophisticated late C17 craftmanship.

The font which is of Perpendicular form has an octagonal cover dying to a square upper body which has broken pediments to each side and an obelisk to the centre, three sides of which are cut with fretwork.

The winch mechanism is contained within a panelled case behind the font with a projecting overhang which has cartouches to the frieze, dentilled cornice with pear drops and a broken pediment above with a small obelisk between the halves of the pediment.