St Mary’s was built in 1866, by Henry Conybeare for his brother who was the Rector of the church, and felt the previous church was cold and damp.
He himself bore most of the cost, with the parishioners contributing £50 towards the cost of the windows, as a mark of their regard for him.
This dazzling and colourful Victorian jewel of a church overwhelms the senses -it is a truly exhilarating building, tall and imposing, especially as you approach it up a steep path from the road.
Its design is clearly inspired by the soaring elegance of the 13th-century Sainte Chapelle in Paris, chapel of French kings.
The church is a dazzling kaleidoscopic wonderland of pattern and colour.