St Mary The Virgin

Chancel and nave late C11, west tower early C16, restored by Wykeham Chancellor in 1869.

Chancel and nave of exposed coursed lumps of indurated gravel conglomerate with lacing courses of Roman brick, and some flint rubble

dressings of limestone, clunch and Roman brick, roofed with machine-made red clay tiles.

C19 vestry to north, enclosing north doorway, of handmade red and blue bricks and lime mortar in Flemish bond, roofed with machine-made red clay tiles, and lean-to to west, of handmade red bricks with cement mortar, roofed with similar tile.

CHANCEL: has east quoins of Roman brick.

In the east wall is a window entirely C19/20 except the C14 splays and possibly the chamfered two-centred rear-arch.

Above it is an indistinct brick arch, the aperture blocked with tiles, and the gable has much handmade brick of indeterminate date.

In the north wall is a window, all C19 except the C14 splays and chamfered segmental-pointed rear-arch.

In the south wall are two windows, all C19 except the C15 splays and depressed pedimental rear-arch.

Between them is a late C15 doorway with moulded jambs and four-centred arch in a square head (with minor repair) and a moulded label

the rubble adjacent to it is patched with C16/17 brick.

NAVE: has four quoins of Roman brick.

the eastern is round-headed, C11, much restored, possibly widened, plastered internally

the western is C19 except the C14 splays and chamfered, almost semicircular rear-arch.

Further west is an C11 window, round-headed with voussoirs of stone

Roman brick, blocked with C16/17 brick

the wall above has been repaired with C16/17 brick.

Almost below the blocked window is the C11 north doorway, with plain jambs, restored semicircular arch, and high semicircular rear-arch.

the easternmost is C19 except the C14/15 splays and chamfered segmental-pointed rear-arch

the others are C11, round-headed, much restored and probably widened, plastered internally.

FITTINGS AND MEMORIALS: piscina in the south wall of the nave, plain round drain and rough arched head, cement-rendered, date uncertain.

The font of Caen stone has a square bowl with panelled sides carved with conventional foliage, two stars, whorl, crescent, four small quatrefoils, and two foliated crosses with foliage

In the south porch is an indent, much eroded, reported earlier to be C15, a half-figure of a priest and inscription, and three fragments of coffin-lids

two have remains of crosses and the third has part of a lozenge-cross, all with beaded edges, C13.

In the vestry, attached in a swivel-frame, is a brass of Leonard Berners, 1563, and Mary (Gedge) his wife, male figure lost except left foot in armour, female figure, and scroll

all palimpsest, male figure on part of fur-lined robe of secular figure, c1500, and female figure on part of widow in horned head-dress, c1460.

the first by Robert Mot, 1590, three by John Thornton, 1716, and one by Thomas Mears, 1793.