ST MARY'S CHURCH, USK; ST MARY'S PRIORY CHURCH, USK
Site Details
- NPRN
- 222262
- Map Reference
- SO30SE
- Grid Reference
- SO37880080
- Unitary (Local) Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Old County
- Monmouthshire
- Community
- Usk
- Type of Site
- CHURCH
- Broad Class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Period
- Medieval
Site Description
Thought to have originally been an aisleless cruciform church, having a central, crossing tower and eastern apse, St Mary's church, Usk has now been extended to the west, has had a northern aisle added and lost its south and eastern limbs: the church is thought either to have been built de novo for the Benedictine priory (see Nprn20700), in about 1135, or to have been adapted as a conventual church at that time; it was extensively altered following the Reformation and the dissolution of the Priory. There are two elegant late Gothic porches, the one on the north side having a finely carved and moulded entrance arch and a two bay interior with decorative vaulting and stone foliage. There is a large organ dated 1862, and 18th century pulpit and altar rails.
(source Os495card; SO30SE32.1)
J.Wiles 03.02.05
