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St Mary

Architectural Features

West tower is the only substantial mediaeval part of the church

decorative lead hopper dated 1628 (from the old manor)

Pulpit: C19 in a Perpendicular style.

Font: 1866, marble

Glass: North transept window has Flemish roundels of Tobit greeting Tobias, St. Peter with keys and a book, the Good Samaritan and a nun and whield emblazoned with a heart

the central panel depicts the Taking of Christ, early C14, ogee arch with heads of David and Solomon in spandrels

Nave, south side, nimbed head of a man and 2 small shields of arms dated 1558 with a helm and mantling.

Monuments.

Chancel: William Bassett, died 1613, 2 frontal half-figures of Bassett and wife with baby, coloured marbles, Corinthian pilasters and arms above in pedimental fields

Hedges funeral hatchment in Nave and monument to Thomas Hedges, died 1798, in Tower.