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This unusual and rather lovely church gets its character from an eclectic mix of work from the 12th, 15th and 20th centuries.

A Partnership Grant awarded on the recommendation of the Hampshire and The Islands Historic Churches Trust.

Built in 1838 of blue granite with a square tower, a welcoming church for all ages.

A place of prayer and contemplation set in a beautiful location.

A wonderful country Cotswold church, simply constructed but containing medieval wall paintings, fascinating Norman tympanium and stone chancel screen.

Major William Colt had the church built to say thank you to God for his recovery from a very serious illness, carved faces of him and his wife and either side of the chancel steps.

The church of St Mary the Virgin is mainly 13th and 14th century on Anglo Saxon foundations, with Victorian restoration after a devastating fire in 1840.

Dating from circa 1100, and beautifully restored in the 19th century All Saints church holds many reminders of the remarkable Victorian hymn writer Reverend Sir Henry Williams Baker.

Presteigne is only just in Wales, the border here being formed by the River Lugg, which flows a few yards to the north of the church.