St Mary

A fine C15 church built of freestone rubble and brick, with stone dressings.

It incorporates the remains of an earlier church built in the late C13 or early C14 of which the south porch, St Edmunds Chapel and part of the aisle wall are part.

The late Norman piscina in the north chapel is the only surviving part of the original Norman church which stood on the site and was recorded in the Doomsday survey of 1085.

The south porch is late C13-early C14, with a groin vaulted roof with interesting carved bosses (restored).

The South door is of the same date, elaborately carved with figures, birds and insects, said to be a Jesse tree.

The nave has 6 tall arches and a stringcourse carved with cherubs under the clerestory windows.

The arch braced tie beams of the roof rest on carved corbels.

St Edmunds Chapel was built circa 1318 by John de Peyton.

There is a fine C15 octagonal font carved with the signs of the Evangelists, a band of cherubs and ogee niches in the shaft.

The font stands on a stepped base with 4 standing platforms carved with shields, one of King Edward IV.

The church has a number of brasses of the C15 and a standing wall monument to Sir Francis Mannock of Giffords Hall Graded for its architectural, historical and topographical value.