Church of St Mary

The origins of the church are Norman, of the 12th or 13th centuries, although almost nothing of this early establishment remains. Alan Brooks, in his 2012 Herefordshire volume in the Pevsner Buildings of England series, notes a free-standing pillar piscina in the porch as the only evidence of this period of the church's history. The church stands in the centre of the village of Pembridge, to the south of the high street. The manor was originally held by the de Pembridge family, Norman knights, before passing into the control of the Mortimers, later the Earls of March, in the 13th century. It is probable that the present church was constructed by Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March in the…

Brooks describes St Mary's as "large and impressive". It comprises a nave, with aisles and transepts, a chancel and a porch and vestry. The building material is local sandstone with ashlar decoration. The roof is tiled, a modern replacement for the original slates. The style is predominantly Decorated Gothic.