St Mary

C15, aisles remodelled in 1838 by J. P. Pritchett. (Colvin, p665) .

String course with corner gargoyles

Porch to bay 1: double-quadrant-moulded arch having hoodmould with carved stops.

C12 north window.

C14 East window of 3-lights with reticulated tracery and hoodmould.

Chancel has chamfered responds and double-chamfered arch with re-used C12 stones to extrados having much zig-zag ornament on east side.

C15 porch roof with gilded bosses, nave roof has moulded tie beams and 2 purlins on each slope, also 2 bosses

Superb C15 porch door with Gothic inscription on mid-rail ('IHS NICOLAS GENN THOMAS ALOTT').

Font: broach-stopped base, octagonal with Gothic side panels and date '1662'.

Wall monuments include: over font to Elizabeth Carrington (d1710), ornate marble cartouche with cherubs and drops

table monument in front of organ to Sir Thomas Rockley (d1517), another momment in recess behind organ is to Sir Robert Rockley (now obscured by raised floor level).

Finest Rockley memorial is the wooden freestanding double-decker monument between chancel and south chapel: shields in panels round base, cadaver on lower bunk, crudely-painted knight on upper bunk beneath tester

the figure is Sir Roger Rockley (d1533).

C17 and C18 brasses on east side of south chancel pier, two C17 Elmhirst brasses near their pew.

Painted board in south chapel to John Rayne (d1632), repainted and made larger in 1684.

C19 glass including unusual window depicting Adam and Eve (south of tower arch).

Pevsner (p558) records a Norman stone depicting centaur shooting bird with bow and arrow (vestry).

H. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, 1978.