Listed Building: CHURCH OF ST MARY (1108915)

Church. Early C14, C15 and C17. Coursed sandstone with sandstone dressings. Slate and lead roofs. West tower, nave with north aisle and south porch, and chancel with north aisle. Perp west tower of two stages, divided by a stringcourse beneath the bell openings. The tower is engaged by the nave to the east and has diagonal buttresses to the west. 2-light bell openings with hoodmoulds and panel tracery. Stringcourse above with gargoyles and battlements with four diminutive pinnacles. South elevation, left to right: 2-light early C14 window with curvilinear tracery. Above, and to the right, a C17 window of two semi-circular headed lights beneath a square head. C14 porch with double-chamfered arch with hoodmould. To the right, a 3-light window with reticulated tracery. Chancel with battlements, pinnacles and buttresses, a 3-light window with geometric tracery and a 2-light window with reticulated tracery. North aisle windows of three and four round-headed lights beneath flat arches, probably C17. Interior with a C14 north arcade of five bays with octagonal piers and capitals and double chamfered arches. West gallery of 1738 with raised and fielded panels. In the north aisle, three late C18 prayer boards. Screen with five semi-circular cusped arches. C17 communion rails with turned balusters. Panelled dado around the sanctuary and in the north aisle. Incised slab to John Foljambe 1499 and a wall tablet with bust to Samuel Pierrepont 1707. Listing NGR: SK4421268878