2052

 

II  

Designated  

19/08/1955  

31/05/1995  

Church of St Mary  

 

Monmouthshire  

Magor with Undy  

 

Undy  

343995  

186925  

 

In the centre of the hamlet of Undy, east of Magor.  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

 

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.  

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.  

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.