Church Of St Mark

The Church of St Mark is a chapel of ease built in 1844 by George Alexander and enlarged in 1859 by Thigall and Male. It is constructed of coursed and squared limestone with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof. Designed in the Early English style, the church includes a nave with a north aisle and porch, north and south transepts (the south transept serves as an organ chamber), and a short chancel with a vestry to the south. A spirelet is positioned at the angle of the chancel and north transept.

The exterior showcases a moulded pointed porch-arch similar to the north aisle doorway, with a buttressed north aisle wall featuring single lancet windows and a Lombard frieze. The west end of the nave has a pointed-arched doorway with a triplet lancet window above it, while the gabled end of the north aisle has paired lancets. The south nave wall also has similar lancets and a Lombard frieze, and the gable ends of the transepts feature paired lancets. The triplet east window is set in an angle-buttressed wall, and an octagonal broach spirelet sits atop a narrow square tower, with open trefoil-headed sides.

Inside, the church is limewashed with stone dressings. The three-bay north arcade, likely dating from the enlargement, has pointed arches supported by circular piers with moulded capitals and bases. Pointed arches lead to the crossing, with a chamfered archivolt resting on corbels. A trefoil-headed squint is located to the left of the nave arch, and the roof features bolted round-arched trusses. The chancel contains a 7-bay arcaded reredos that was removed from the Church of St James, along with a carved stone altar. There is an 18th-century hexagonal panelled oak pulpit on a narrowing base and 19th-century pews taken from the Church of St John in Cheltenham, designed by J.B. Papworth. An octagonal stone font with marble columns at the base and stiff-leaf carving is also present. The east window features early 20th-century stained glass, including a middle light by Geoffrey Webb. The Church of St Mark is a well-preserved example of a 19th-century chapel of ease.