Church of St Mary the Virgin

The smallest complete church in Essex. Services are held in a church a few minutes away but you can still go in and worship on your own plus it's delightful just being there. Although it's near a busy road the graveyard has a quiet quality about it

St Mary the Virgin is the smallest complete church in Essex and is a Grade II listed building. The Nave is C14th and only 25 yards long whilst the porch was rebuilt in 1879 using the C16th bricks.The East window contains William Morris stained glass to a design by Edward Burne-Jones and installed around 1862As this church was too small for the regular worship, a new one St Mary's Parish church (St Mary Magdalene) was built in the town in 1928.This church is normally open to view.

Lovely little church ⛪,

Interesting church dating back to 11th century and the smallest complete church in Essex. Open to visitors and includes Morris and co stained glass window, which is a great bonus. And beautiful grounds which are tended in a way which encourages wildlife.

Lovely little church built in 11 hundreds

Very photogenic church.

St. Mary's is a small stone, rural Essex church. It's indicative of what a tiny rural outpost Frinton-on-Sea truly was prior to its makeover as a resort, that St. Mary's once served as it's church. Considered to be the tiniest such building in Essex, it has no tower & is truly a quaint example of ecclesiastical architecture. It's not only set in a grassy churchyard, but with a separate visitors' garden at the back of the churchyard. For some reason, the front churchyard is signed Garden of Rest, but this also is located behind the church. It's a truly secluded, tranquil place, within hearing distance of the sea & often full of birdsong. St. Mary's churchyard is often being patrolled by at least one of the local cat population...