Church of St Cybi

The Church of St Cybi is a medieval church, largely dating to the 15th century, with significant alterations and additions from the 18th century. Access is through the west tower, which has a pointed arch entrance leading to an internal porch. The tower is square, tapering from a battered base, and has undergone substantial repairs. The lower stage rises without windows to a string course, above which is a slit window for the stairs and, high under the parapet, a belfry opening with two lights on each face, featuring cusped heads and louvres. A projecting string and castellated parapet top the tower. The nave’s gable is largely concealed by the tower, which embraces it on the south side, while the east gable is only slightly higher than the chancel roof. The south wall contains a blocked pointed arch doorway, two restored 3-light Perpendicular windows with cusped heads, and a small rectangular window for the rood stair. A steeply pitched roof with a coped gable completes the exterior. The north wall features a projection housing the rood stair, followed by another 3-light Perpendicular window and a 3-light flat-headed window with a dripmould, potentially dating to the 17th century.

The south wall of the chancel has a small latticed window, followed by a 20th-century lean-to vestry with a casement window and a tall chimney. A plain window with three trefoil-headed lights, restored in 1910, completes the south wall. The east gable is partly rendered and contains a 3-light Perpendicular window. The north wall is blank.

The interior has plastered and painted walls, featuring large, probably 18th-century cornices in the nave and a plastered barrel vault. A stilted chancel arch defines the chancel. The church contains medieval wall paintings, including "Christ of the Trades" dating around 1450, which are in part well-preserved. Historically, there were eight bells, six dated 1712, with one recast in 1907. A 19th-century west gallery supports an organ from 1933; there is no coloured glass present. An elaborate, likely 18th-century, pulpit with relief decoration stands within the church, possibly adapted from a larger three-decker structure. Victorian pews furnish the church, alongside an octagonal font with heraldic motifs, dated 1662. The chancel features a wooden ceiling from 1909-10, with a central kingpost, and an early 18th-century communion rail with turned balusters. Other fittings date to 1929, including oak panelling on the east wall. Several good wall monuments are present, including one signed Tyley of Bristol, dated 1805.