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St Mary

St Mary

Eardisland

Herefordshire

Early C13, extended mid-C14, partly rebuilt C1728 and restored in 1864 by H Curzon.

Architectural Features

Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, chancel roof of graduated stone tiles, with artificial ones to nave.

West tower of c1728, early C13 nave, C14 chancel, north vestry and south porch.

West tower of three stages on a C13 battered plinth with roll mouldings.

Nave: early C13, the south wall divided into three bays by C19 stepped buttresses.

The label has angel stops.

The central bay has a C13 lancet to the left

a C14 window of three pointed lights under a two-centred head to the right with a label.

To west of this a blocked C13 door with two-centred roll- moulded head.

South porch of C14 has a two-centred outer arch of two chamfered orders with label.

The C13 south doorway has a two-centred arch with continuous roll moulding and a moulded label with foliate stops.

West bay has a C13 north door with segmental-pointed head, chamfered label and roll moulded jambs.

The eastern bay has a C14 window of two trefoiled lights under a two-centred head with a moulded label.

Western bay contains a C14 priest's door.

North wall has north vestry of C14 with a lancet in north and south walls.

To west of this a reset C14 window of two trefoiled lights under a two-centred head with a moulded label.

Chancel has a C14 common rafter roof with arch-braced collars and inclined ashlar pieces.

Fittings: a re-set screen under the tower arch of the late C15 is of eight bays with a C19 door at the north end.