Church of St. Mary
The church is dedicated to St Mary and is of the 15th century. The interior is Georgian: there is a three-decker pulpit, box pews and the roofs are ceiled. The chancel is divided from the nave by an 18th-century screen, and there are many monuments to the Courtenays of West Molland. The font is Norman and the altar rails are ca. 1700.
West Molland was the house of the Courtenays; it is one mile west and though apparently Georgian has Tudor features incorporated at the back. The sixth Throckmorton Baronet assumed the additional surname of Courtenay in 1792 on inheriting the Courtenay estates of Molland, through his mother. However, none of his successors have used this surname.
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