Church of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is an Anglican church, likely dating from the 15th century, though substantially altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of rubble stone with slate roofs and coped gables. The church comprises a nave and chancel, with a south porch and a north vestry. A west bellcote has been removed, leaving a corbelled base. The west end of the nave features a three-light window in the Forest of Dean stone, likely of around 1920, in a perpendicular style, possibly designed by W.D. Caroe. A two-light plate-traceried window of 1859, with stone voussoirs, is located on the south side of the nave to the left of the porch. The porch itself, dating to the 19th century externally, has a fine whitewashed panelled stone vault with four-centred arches. To the right of the porch, a blocked two-bay arcade of four-centred arches, probably from the 15th century and built on a square centre pier, spans the junction between the nave and chancel. A two-light window inserted into the left bay of the arcade dates to around 1859, while a three-light four-centred window is in the right bay and dates to around 1920. The wall then steps in, and the chancel south side is otherwise windowless. An east window of three circles in a four-centred head dates to around 1859. The north side includes a lean-to vestry of 1904 and two two-light windows of 1859 to the nave north.

The Victorian roofs have six bays to the nave, featuring arch-braced collar trusses, with thinner scissor-braced trusses to the chancel. A medieval square ashlar font with chamfered lower corners and a round base is present, though the shaft is missing. A pulpit from 1918, constructed in grey ashlar, is likely designed by W.D. Caroe. Thin iron altar rails, possibly dating from 1859, are also present. Stained glass windows are by Morris & Co, with designs by Burne-Jones, executed posthumously. The three-light west window depicts Courage, St George, and Fortitude, and dates to around 1920. Two north-facing two-light windows include “Suffer the little children” (1913) and “Nativity” (1917). A 1985 window, “SS David & Madoc”, is by Celtic Studios. A window on the south side of the nave is dated 1985, and a 1920 Morris & Co window within the chancel depicts Christ with a boy scout, and is not to a Burne-Jones design. The east window contains stamped quarries dating to around 1859. The south side of the nave holds a brass plaque to John Grant, who died in 1804, and a fine classical memorial to the Reverend John Grant, dating from 1790, made of Coade stone, featuring a female figure over a classical inscribed pedestal. A Neo-Grec plaque is dedicated to Henry Rees of Folkestone, who died in 1834, crafted by Wood of Bristol. Numerous plaques commemorate the Stokes of Cuffern and Scotchwell, with a particularly notable example dedicated to John Stokes of Roch Castle, who died in 1770, and the wife and daughter of John Rees Stokes of Cuffern, who died in 1800 and 1794 respectively. These last plaques are oval in shape, crafted from marble with an urn motif. On the north side, alabaster and mosaic plaques honor members of the families of Lord and Lady St Davids, from the early 20th century. A large marble shield plaque is dedicated to S. Meredith, who died in 1820, created by Williams of St Florence.