Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Church of St Mary
Magor with Undy, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Undy, Magor with Undy, Monmouthshire, designated on 19 August 1955.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 19 August 1955
- Locality
- Undy
- Community
- Magor with Undy
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.57839, -2.80960
- Cadw reference
- 2052
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 250 Chepstow (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1905 · 250 Chepstow (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the centre of the hamlet of Undy, east of Magor.
History
Small C12 church, chancel extended later, formerly with central tower which was demolished during major restoration in 1878 and replaced by small bellcote; vestry added NE.
Exterior
Nave, chancel, south porch. Of rubble with ashlar dressings; nave has roof of small slates and chancel of stone tiles. S ashlar gabled porch with moulded kneelers, coping and apex cross, swept eaves; chamfered arched doorway with inscription to left RI 1790, CW above; inside are stone benches, headstones set in wall, renewed roof; Norman round arched main S doorway with replaced wooden door possibly incorporating earlier metal fittings. S nave has ashlar gabled single bellcote with apex cross; 3 and 2 light C19 trefoil headed S windows; buttress with offsets E. Chancel has ashlar coping, decorative apex cross, moulded kneelers; 2 light trefoil headed S window with moulded stops; pointed chamfered S doorway; 3 cusped light E window under rectangular hood mould substantially renewed. N nave has C19 windows similar to S. W nave has late medieval window of 2 trefoil headed lights separated by diamond mullion under relieving arch; arched doorway with multiple shallow mouldings under heavy hoodmould with weathered face stops and blind tracery panelled reveals; wooden door possibly incorporates earlier metal fittings; shallow corner buttress.
Churchyard retains remains of churchyard cross, with roughly 4m square grass
covered stone base; plinth stone broached into octagon and vestigial octagonal
shaft c 1m high with tracery moulding. Table tomb to Musgrove family with 4
inscription panels 1787, 1800, 1802 and ? 1819 with moulded slab and plinth
incorporating urns in corners on rectangular base. Stone stile to NW.
Interior
Heavily restored. C13 pointed chancel arch of 3 orders, the inner with roll moulding and unusually low springing; slender engaged columns with capitals. C12 font on two steps is rectangular with base mouldings and rounded stem with engaged piers. Bell reported as C14 rehung in 1920 with inscription Virgini Marie Laudes.
Nearby in the register
- Undy Churchyard CrossCrossunder 1 mi
- Moorgate CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Medieval Moated Site 400m N of Undy ChurchMoated Siteunder 1 mi
- Great House Farmhouse including attached range of farm buildingsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.