Architecture
The plan of the church is typical for a parish church, consisting of nave and chancel with no transept. Considered large compared to other churches of the same style, the nave has a clerestory, lighted by five large three light windows on either side, and aisles with arcades of five arches each. These aisles open into what were chantry-chapels on either side of the chancel. The southern chantry-chapel still functions as such but the northern is used as a vestry and contains the organ. There is a tower at the western end which contains a peal of eight bells.
The stained glass windows date from the Victorian restoration by Henry Woodyer, as does the external crenellation along the roof-line, and the pinnacles and turrets of the tower. There is a Jacobean Pulpit dating from 1607.
The church is featured in Simon Jenkin's book "England's thousand best churches".
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