St Mary

Nave arcades circa 1170-1180, with aisles widened in C13 and re-roofed in C15

Majority of windows inserted in C14, chancel apse removed in 1825 and church restored by T. Goodchild in 1882

North door C13, with three orders of Sussex marble shafts on double roll bases and under moulded bell caps

Battlemented parapet and some tile-on- edge quoining above

Smaller arches to north and south sides, early Norman with impost courses, double-splayed Saxon windows and pilaster strips above

Three windows, the middle one of 3-lights, the northern one C14 and of 2 lights

Early C14 north window, next to the apse, of 3 ogee lights, cinquefoil and with quatrefoils over in square head

Two lancet windows, that to east original, that to south raised in C13

Over north jamb of tower arch is late C15 door to rood loft

C19 chalk and grey marble Victorian Gothic pulpit with dog-tooth mouldings, floral carving and hexagonal body on centre stem

each face of the pulpit pierced by a two-light and foiled roundel opening

Chalk font with square plinth and bowl on centre stem and surrounding angle piers with scalloped caps

Hatchment over North door 1707

Part of C15 reredos from the south chapel made up into organ case

Wall paintings - All over the north chancel chapel apse

Stained glass:- West window of north aisle by the Royal Bavarian Art Institute for Stained Glass circa 1850

As Guildford was a popular Royal abode in the C12 and C13 the church was used for Royal worship and Thomas Becket may have celebrated Mass here