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St Mary

Architectural Features

chancel, south aisle added slightly later, second phase of building early C15 tower and rood stair, west end of aisle rebuilt and porch added mid C15, C19 restoration and south transept dated 1893

interior has scored slate floor, wooden benches to sides, depressed arched inner opening with architrave of 2 roll and one hollow moulding in metamorphic stone, as on west tower doorway, with circles carved in spandrels, flat head and hood-mould, greenstone image niche above with trefoil head, moulded wall-plate also in greenstone with second timber wall-plate above, fine 2-bay roof with moulded arched-braces with pendants, collars and moulded collar purlin, one row of moulded purlins, carved bosses.

In north wall, door to former rood stair with segmental head, upper C19 rood door with flat head, C19 wooden pulpit on granite base by lower door

Chancel has 3-bay roof as in nave, east window has hollow- chamfered rere-arch, north window with roll-moulded surround and mullion, piscina to right of altar with chamfered 4-centred arch and drain, of C15

chamfered triple pier at east end of arcade in metamorphic stone of C15, other piers of C19.

South chapel has 3-bay roof as nave, east window of C19 reconstruction with surround in style as chancel east window, south wall has reset Norman piscina with cambered head and cross mouldings to sides, south window has image niche on left jamb with C19 Perpendicular style hood and image

mid C19 carved wooden rood screen across chancel and chapel.

South aisle has 4-bay roof as nave, cambered head to door opening, with holy water stoup to east, Tudor arched door to vestry with C19 Perpendicular style stoup to west

Fittings: octagonal granite font in south aisle, possibly of mediaeval origin and recut in C19, with decorative ironwork to cover.

Fine set of stained glass in style of Kempe, late C19.