Church of St Mary the Virgin

St Mary: remains of collegiate church, founded 1343; early c17 tower, original c14 chancel & added c17 chancel; original nave was behind the tower
St Mary: former chancel (now nave) with three-light windows with flowing tracery; rose window at east end gable
St Mary: later chancel added in 1608 by Sir Richard Chamberlayne
St Mary: nave (chancel of original church); Perpendicular former east window
St Mary: early c17 wall painting on north wall of nave with passage from the Bible
St Mary: early c17 wall painting on south wall of nave
St Mary: medieval tiles representing Beauchamp (gules crusily, 3,3 & fess or) & Astley (cinquefoil pierced ermine)
St Mary: chancel screen & stalls, c.1400; canopy with cusped arches; later cornice with vine leaves & grapes; painted figures of apostles (scrolls overpainted in 1624 with Psalms)
St Mary: section of south side of chancel screen with figures of Prophets
St Mary: c.1400 misericord representing a lady
St Mary: c.1400 misericord representing a pig
St Mary: surviving effigies of Grey family (who succeeded the Astleys as owners) now at south-west corner of current nave near the tower
St Mary: Edward Grey, Lord Ferrers of Groby, 1457
St Mary: Elizabeth Grey (nee Talbot), 1487
St Mary: Cecily Bonville, 1529; wife of first Marquess of Dorset (daughter in-law of Elizabeth Woodville); pediment headdress