St Mary's Church, Downe

It is a Grade II* listed building, which dates from the 13th century.

The west window is the oldest stained glass, depicting Christ as the Good Shepherd, by Daniel Bell (1840-1915).

[4] Charles's wife, Emma Darwin, was Unitarian and the family would face away when the Anglican Trinitarian Creed was read.

Emma Darwin's sister Elizabeth Wedgwood and Charles and Emma's Aunt Sarah Wedgwood are also buried together in the St Mary the Virgin churchyard.

St Mary's stands in the Conservative Evangelical tradition of the Church of England.

Southwest view of the church
The yew tree in the churchyard is one of the Great Trees of London .