Church Of St Arild

The Church of St. Arild is a small Anglican church located in Didmarton, with an early English foundation that has mostly been transformed into Perpendicular style from the late 15th to early 16th century. It is constructed from random coursed rubble stone, with the tower faced in roughcast and a stone slate roof featuring a coped east end to the nave. The church comprises a west tower, nave, chancel, and a small north porch.

The tower has three stages, with stringcourses and stepped diagonal buttresses at the lowest stage. It features decorative stone 2-light belfry louvres on the top embattled stage and a 2-light west window. The gabled north porch has an inner archway with alternate ovolo and hollow moulding and a tall chamfered pointed outer archway. The nave has scattered fenestration, including a 3-light ogee-headed window with a square hoodmould on the north side and four different windows on the south side. The chancel has an east window with three lights and geometrical tracery. Inside, there is a tall pointed tower arch, a plain plastered ceiling, and box pews from the 18th century that remain only on the south side, along with a two-tier pulpit. At the time of the survey in February 1986, the church was in very poor repair and rarely used.