King's Pyon Church

View of the church from the road. Note war memorial in foreground

King's Pyon Church is a medieval parish church dedicated to St Mary in King's Pyon, Herefordshire. It is a Grade I listed building. ^[1][2]

The church is cruciform in plan and dates from the 12th, 13th and 14th century with additions and restoration in 1872. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with sandstone dressings and some tufa with sandstone slate and tile roofs. The earliest surviving masonry is a section of the north wall of the nave, which can be dated to the early Norman period; possibly as early as the late eleventh century.

Effigy of Man in Armour found in South Transept

Inside the church is an elaborately decorated tomb recess, probably 13th or 14th century, with a chest tomb beneath carrying the alabaster effigy of a man in armour at whose feet lies a stylised lion. His limbs have been amputated, probably when much of the interior decoration of the Church was destroyed by Scottish mercenary troops of the Parliamentarians during the siege of Hereford in 1645.^[3]

Victorian Font found at West End

Hand copy of an image found in the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England

References

1. "Name: CHURCH OF ST MARY List entry Number: 1179970". Historic England. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
2. "King's Pyon". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
3. "King's Pyon: St Mary the Virgin, King's Pyon". Church of England. Retrieved 31 October 2016.

Coordinates: 52°09′04″N 2°49′19″W / 52.1510°N 2.8219°W