St Mary’s in the village of Stogumber is around 600 years old with a tower built in the 14th Century. The 18th Century chandelier was re-hung in 1907 after being discovered in the Vicarage Brew House. The octagonal font is 15th Century with a Victorian cover and the perpendicular North aisle contains two hagioscopes (squints) and the stone head of a pagan Green Man. The Sydenham Chapel, containing the tomb of Sir George Sydenham, father-in-law of Sir Francis Drake, is cordoned off by a wrought iron screen.
