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Isolated tranquil medieval rural jewel with 14th century wall paintings.

The remarkable feature of this church is the series of 14th century wall paintings which were discovered almost a century ago by Professor Ernest Tristram, the authority on such works and a professor at the Royal College of Art.

The small church is an attractive building of 12th and 15th century work with alterations and additions occurring in the 13th and 14th centuries.

A giant splinter of masonry clings to the side of the church here. Apart from the north aisle, which has been the parish church since the 15th century, it is all that remains of the great abbey church and its buildings that once stood on this site.

Real effort was put into making Ascension a stunning contemporary architectural achievement.

The Grade I church is mainly 12th and 13th century.

St Cubert was a Welsh missionary who came over in the 7th century, together with his companion St Carantoc.

A Grade I listed medieval building with beautiful ceilings painted by Charles Eamer Kempe.

The present St Mary’s was opened in 1895, but a medieval stone and tile in the porch are clues to the parish’s much longer story.

With its unusual dedication, to a 6th century saint from north Wales, this is usually considered to be the smallest church in England, set in a secluded wooded combe.

Some call it the Cathedral at the coast, a beacon to local people with its high spire and spectacular architecture.

A quintessential country church standing alongside the village street from where you can look out across country that rolls away to the southern county border.