St Mary

By Temple Moore for Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet, and with carvings by John Thompson & Co.

Gothic Revival in the style of the C14 with reticulated-type tracery throughout.

Corbel table with central gargoyles.

Buttresses with gargoyles between bays, and at angles.

Medieval triple-chamfered pointed tower arch under hoodmould with label stops and with double- chamfered sides.

Ornate timber rood screen.

Late C19 octagonal font with elaborate carved cover.

Monuments: 2 Neoclassical marble wall monuments, black strigillated sarcophagi surmounted by white oil lamps in south aisle to Elizabeth Egerton and to the Kirkby family erected in 1795.

In tower, to Sir Mark Masterman Sykes d 1823 by S Manning and J Bacon, a mourning female figure and broken column

and to Henrietta Masterman d 1813 by Rouw, a seated figure by a sarcophagus with an urn.

Stained glass mostly by H V Milner, but north aisle windows by Burtison and Grylls.