St Mary The Virgin

Roof materials not visible but believed to be lead on the medieval parts (tiles on the porch). PLAN: Modern nave and chancel (in one), with the medieval W tower, nave, chancel, S chapel and porch remaining to the S. A one-storey vestry/kitchen and toilet block wraps round the E end of the new chancel in an L-shape

The new chancel E window is of four-lights with sparse detailing in a mid-C20 reinterpretation of a C15 window

The flooring is of red and black Victorian quarry tiles in the nave, wood-blocks in the chancel, and beige tiles in the extension

PRINCIPAL FIXTURES: Beside the entrance to the S doorway is a C14 effigy of a female mounted into the wall

Inside, the plain circular font is of rather indeterminate date but is probably of the C13 or C14

There are two brasses: a priest, Richard Ffysher (d 1507), and a kneeling figure of Robert Hatley (d 1585). In the chancel there is a good wall tablet to Benjamin Haselden (d 1676) with attractive black and white marble detailing and a scrolled pediment on top

A royal arms in the nave bears two dates 1838 and 1875

The stained glass in the chapel E window is by Marion Grant, c1949

HISTORY: The names of vicars are recorded from the early C13 but no part of the church is that early, the fabric having been erected in the later C13 and the C15