Church of St Meugan

Of stone rubble with clay tile roof. Plan of large W tower, continuous nave and chancel, S porch, N aisle. Broad embattled W tower of 3 storeys surmounted by a weathercock, stair turret NE, water chutes at corners with heavy lead-covered string course above; louvred pointed arched openings with paired trefoil headed lights to ringing chamber with string course below forming a hood over small rectangular lights to tower chambers; similar to ground floor with double battered plinth below. Plain S porch has segmental pointed arched doorway with rough voussoirs. Nave and chancel without division though a building line shows mid-way along the S wall; to W of porch a 2 light window with cusped tracery in a moulded pointed arched surround; other S windows comprise cusped lights in a rectangular surround, 2 to nave and 2 to chancel; chamfered Tudor-arched priests' doorway. E window has 3 narrow lancets in a pointed arched surround and NE window 2 cusped lancets in a rectangular surround. N aisle is battered; blocked chamfered pointed arched N doorway; 2 light trefoil-headed window; paired lancets. Windows have heavy iron armatures.

Porch has 2 stone and wood seats, a boarded roof of 2 bays with a collar and tie truss and a chamfered and stopped cross beam. S pointed arched door is also chamfered and stopped and has double doors with 2 pairs of decorative hinges. Interior has had plaster removed. Late medieval wagon roof, boarded behind, has reeded ribs. Four bay N arcade has 2 broached octagonal piers, unusual stepped capitals and chamfered arches; E respond has similar capital and continuous chamfers, rubble pier to W shows where C13 N wall was extended into C14 N aisle. W tower arch is simple and pointed with a later wide screened opening to tower chamber above. Woodwork includes an important central section of a former chancel screen now sited against N aisle wall, with slender canopywork buttresses and moulded headbeam, traces of paintwork. Uncommon chancel stalls dated (by Haslam) c1700 have panelled backs, narrow seats, and simple but stoutly carved ends. Pulpit may also incorporate C17 work. Monuments include cartouche to Lewis Gunter (d 1683) incorporating serpents; many early C19 grey and white marble wall monuments; many ledger slabs; octagonal font on a circular base; niche E of S door.