Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a parish church that was rebuilt in 1859 in the Decorated style. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a tiled roof. The church includes a west tower topped with a truncated pyramidal roof and spire, a nave with a south porch, and a chancel that has a north chapel and vestry. The west tower has three stages, a plinth, and stepped buttresses, with a lancet window on the second stage and cusped bell openings beneath the spire. The nave contains a large three-light window with a two-centred head and flower tracery located to the right of the gabled porch. The chancel has square-headed windows with three and two lights, featuring similar tracery, and three-light windows at the east end with mouchettes. Inside, the church retains the Scudamore monument, which has been re-sited in the north chapel. This monument commemorates John Scudamore, who died in 1616, and was erected by his wife, Amy Starkie. It features reclining alabaster effigies of a man in armour holding a book and a woman in contemporary dress wearing a widow's veil. Flanking the two figures are smaller paired figures of kneeling children, including eight sons and one daughter, as well as an infant in a cradle. The inscription, flanked by shields of arms, reads: "HERE LYETH THE BODY OF JOHN SCVDAMORE OF KENCHVRCH IN THE COVNTIE OF HEREFORD ESQ ..... .... HE DECEASED ON THE XXXth DAY OF MARCH ANNO SALVTIS 1616."