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St Mary

Cusop

Herefordshire

C13, restorations of 1857 by J P St Aubyn, and 1961.

Architectural Features

Chancel and nave C12, south porch and north vestry 1857.

Nave: south wall: 2 windows, at east end of two pointed lights, completely restored, to west end small C12 semi- circular headed window with tufa dressings

north wall: a window of 2 pointed lights, late C13 in style, restored, to west of blocked C12 north door with massive lintel and shouldered jambs

Chancel: C12, a single C13 lancet to north and south walls

Interior: early C12 chancel arch of two plain orders with chamfered imposts, one block of impost with decorative carving

Roofs: nave: 5 bays defined by tie-beam trusses with 2 raking struts rising from feet of principal rafters and halved near apex, restored but possibly C14

chancel: of 3 bays, 3 trusses, low pitch with collars, one truss with tie-beam, perhaps C16.

Fittings: font, C13 tapering cylindrical bowl with shallow diapering at rim, rest of surface a trellis pattern. (RCHM, 1, pp 46-7).