Apart from the three-storied medieval tower, Uvedale and Mary Tomkins of Monnington Court rebuilt the church in 1679 and there is a carved Royal Stuart Arms of Charles II on the South wall. The 17th Century fittings are virtually all...

Arthur’s Stone is a Neolithic burial chamber with a narrow entrance passageway. It is a multi-chambered tomb which probably dates to the period 3400-2400 BC. It is about 22m in length and would have originally been covered with an earth...

St Dubricius is said to have been born here and it is believed that an earlier church, which stood on the site, was once dedicated to him. Records held at Hereford Cathedral tell how 1318 pilgrims visited the Statue of...

Francis Kilvert, the Victorian diarist, was rector here from 1877 until his death in 1879 and is buried in the churchyard to the North of the Georgian tower. The nave, with herringbone masonry, doorways and windows date from the early...

Much of St Andrew’s Church is Norman, including the nave and arcade, the lower part of the tower, its stout arch, and a blocked North doorway. If you visit the church watch out for dragons as the porch shelters a...

Richard de Brito, one of the four knights who murdered Thomas a Becket took sanctuary in Dorstone and later founded a chapel on the site to expiate his part in the murder. The church was largely rebuilt in 1889 but...

St John the Baptist Church is surprisingly long. Most is Norman and medieval though the West tower is 18th Century. There is a narrow 13th Century richly moulded arched doorway and the West door swings open on strap hinges 700...

This church is one of the few buildings remaining of the original Preston mentioned in the Doomsday Book. Much of the Norman material was used when St Lawrence’s was restored in the 19th Century; the original stone having been brought...

St Mary’s Church was rebuilt 1877-80, using some of the old Norman and medieval stones, windows and doorways. Also incorporated into the remodelled church is a superb tympanum of Samson and the lion in an Egyptian-like design. There is a...

The unbuttressed 13th Century West tower has a big pyramid roof. Under the tower are a large number of Jacobean panels consisting of 15th Century medallions of heads in profile and typically Early Renaissance style. The altar table is also...

The River Dore was thought to have been the border between England and Wales in Saxon times. The stone bridge, which spans the river Dore, now links the parishes of Vowchurch and Turnastone. The structure, with its three wide arches,...