The oldest surviving part of the 12th century church is the Nave with its original North and South doorways, which are still in use today. On either side of these two doorways were single-light, round-headed windows, which have been blocked in at a later stage of the church's history, but remains can been seen from outside. The external arch of the north doorway is decorated with rosettes and saltire crosses.
In the corner on the South side is a Piscina. This is a little sink set into the wall for washing the vessels after the mediaeval mass. These appeared in churches in the 12th and 13th centuries. Below the Piscina are two 17th century brass plates, fixed to the South Wall. (These were probably originally set into the floor.)
Also in the South East corner of the church is a Sedilia Seat. Seats only appeared in churches in the last three or four hundred years, before that the congregation stood to worship. Only the weak and the frail sat or leaned against the wall - this is the origin of the phrase "to go to the wall"! However, around the beginning of the 17th century a bench was placed on the South side for the Rector - perhaps he was getting to old to stand!
The tower, with its embattled parapet, brick and flint checkerwork and diagonal buttresses at the foot, dates from the 15th century. Outside to the right of the door can be seen an empty ogee-headed (double curve, bending first one way and then the other) niche, most likely for a statue of the Virgin Mary (to whom the church is dedicated).
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