Hitchin - Church of St Mary

St Mary's Church in the Market Place has woodwork that is without equal in the county. The church is embattled all around most outstanding feature is the south porch with a staircase turret, window openings, a lierne-vault and the arms of the Staple of Calais on the wall. The nave is flint and the chancel is stone. The There are several beautiful 15^th century screens, monuments, a fine stone font showing mutilated figures under arched canopies and the pulpit has angle buttresses and restored panels.

The church has been Grade I listed since 1951