Church of St Mary the Virgin

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a parish church located in Huxham. Originally built in the 14th century, the church was entirely rebuilt with the chancel completed in 1864 by John Hayward and the nave in 1871 by Benjamin Ferrey. It is constructed from Thorverton stone, a type of volcanic trap, and features a two-cell layout consisting of a nave with a west bellcote and a south porch, along with a chancel, all designed in the Decorated style.

The exterior includes a south porch positioned towards the west, which is illuminated by two lancet windows with deeply splayed arches and a double-chamfered arch supported by nook shafts. The nave has two windows on the south side and three on the north, all of which are two-light windows adorned with tracery and hood moulds, featuring attractive floral terminals. The west bellcote is twice weathered and has a timber bell housing, possibly added later, with a roof that is marked by a string course with a trefoil relief at the apex. There is also a distinctive two-light west window with an unusual central boss in its head-tracery. The chancel has one two-light window on both the north and south sides, which are flush, and a three-light window on the east side. Much of the stonework began to decay shortly after the 1871 rebuilding, making it difficult to ascertain if any medieval stonework was reused.

Inside, the church features deep window arches and roofs supported by arch braces, along with a plain chancel arch. The font is Norman, with a bowl that has spiral roll moulding and is waisted by cable moulding below, decorated with roundels and nailheads, and set on a 19th-century base. There are medieval glass fragments in the north and south windows of the chancel. A medieval piscina with a trefoil head is located in the south wall of the chancel. The screen consists of three bays, with a central entrance bay featuring large knotty leaves in the spandrels, and square-headed side bays with ogival reticulation above and linenfold panels below. This screen is likely from the late 15th or early 16th century, although the tracery work appears exceptionally early according to Pevsner. The left-hand tracery panel is a later copy of its counterpart.