Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1224918
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2007-07-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/16771/08
- Rights:
- © Mr Richard Tudhope. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1224918
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Welsh Newton
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 49961 18022
Details
SO 41 NE; 4/181
WELSH NEWTON CP,
WELSH NEWTON
Church of St Mary
25/02/66
GV
I
Parish church. C13, C14 alteration and additions, C16 roof. Restored
1869 by Hans F Price of Weston-super-Mare. Coursed sandstone rubble,
worked rubble dressings, artificial stone slates to roof. West tower,
nave and chancel with south porch and north vestry.
West belfry tower:
two stages with short octagonal broached spire, projecting plinth and
moulded string course, further string course to belfry stage, short
clasping buttresses, square headed vents to belfry, weathervane to spire,
weatherings to earlier roof line to east side. Four bay nave and two bay
chancel in one; one lancet to west and four similar lancets to east of
south porch; gabled dormer to light rood screen, 2-light window with
trefoiled ogee-headed lights and quatrefoil, hoodmould, gable surmounted
by small stone cross at apex; three short stepped buttresses. Gabled
south porch, pointed arched doorway of two orders; inner rounded and
outer chamfered, chamfered jambs square stone stoup against inner east
wall. East window designed 1862 by J P Seddon, executed by Powell of
Whitefriars.
INTERIOR: continuous ceiled waggon roof with moulded members
and small square bosses. One moulded tie beam and cut ends of one other
remain of earlier roof, moulded wooden wall plate with red crosses on
tie-beam stubs. Fine stone rood screen: three bays, central narrower bay
with 2-centred arch, outer segmental pointed arches, two moulded orders,
octagonal piers and semi-octagonal responds with moulded bases and capitals,
hoodmoulds to arches and hollow chamfered cornice with ball flower ornament.
Fittings: C12 font, plain circular bowl with tapering sides, squat circular
base. Stone seat in north wall of chancel with shaped arm rests. Piscina
in east splay of south-east window of chancel; small trefoil headed recess.
The red crosses marked on the wall-plate and cut end, of tie-beams probably
refer to the Knights Templar who held the church until 1312 when it passed
to the Knights Hospitaller.
Listing NGR: SO4996118022
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 421105
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 14-Jul-2026 at 01:43:58.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.