Pembridge: St Mary the Virgin

Name:
Pembridge: St Mary the Virgin
Record Type:
Church
Church code:
618150
Diocese:
Hereford
Archdeaconry:
Hereford
Parish:
Pembridge with Moor Court

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade I Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is in the following Conservation Area: Pembridge

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Medieval

Exterior Image

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Summary Description

The church of St Mary and its separate bell tower are of high archaeological, architectural and historical significance. Both are listed Grade I, the highest rank of listing (reserved for about 2.5% of all listed buildings). The bell tower is no longer the responsibility of the PCC and does not form part of this assessment. The church is largely medieval, with fragmentary remains of a twelfth/thirteenth century structure, substantially rebuilt in what appears to be a rapid building programme of the 1320s or 30s. It is a large church, evidently supported by a wealthy patron, and has many fine architectural features, including a stone vaulted porch from the late fourteenth century. The fabric is largely medieval, the only later addition being a nineteenth century vestry. Inside, the church contains two fine fifteenth century chest tombs with pairs of effigies, thought to be members of the Gour family, and a good collection of seventeenth and eighteenth century monuments. Other furnishings of note include a large thirteenth century font and several good examples of Jacobean woodwork, notably the pulpit.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is open for worship.
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Church Website

Church Website:
http://www.arrowvalechurches.org.uk

Sources and Further Information

CWGC (2016) Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 7593 [Bibliography/Data]
Number of War Graves: 7
Philip Pankhurst (of geograph.org.uk) (2019, January 08) Interior image of 618150 St Mary the Virgin, Pembridge [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Interior image of 618150  St Mary the Virgin, Pembridge
Church of England (2021) A Church Near You https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10681/ [Digital Archive/Index]
View information on worship and access at this church
ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~78821~112993 [Archive/Graphic material]

Ground plan and Elevation

ICBS File Number - 03004

Coverage - 1841

Created by GRIFFITHS, Josiah of Quatford

ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~78831~112994 [Archive/Graphic material]

Ground plan and Gallery

ICBS File Number - 03004

Coverage - 1841

Created by GRIFFITHS, Josiah: fl. 1831-1842 of Quatford

Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 6 Bells [Archive/Index]
6 Bells