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Skenfrith’s two most notable buildings are its castle and its church, both dating from the 13th century.

A remarkable church, its rather drab exterior hides a beautiful interior, with high vaulted apses, beautiful stained glass windows and numerous memorials, including the WW2 memorial for the fallen from Ely.

To approach St John’s is to leave behind the busy shopping centre and housing estate and enter a quiet haven.

The castle, long since ruined, was that of the Beauchamp family and once stood just above the church on the slopes of Bredon Hill.

Its tall, sturdy looking 14th century tower is one of the oldest features of this church, which incorporates a mix of differing styles.

With its origins as a Saxon chapel, the church we see today with its 12th century cancel, is constructed of one building inside another, joined only at the windows.

The building was designed by the eminent Welsh architect, Sir William Beddoes Rees of Cardiff, opened in September 1904, Rees designed 19 Welsh churches of which only 6 survive as places of worship.

Adjacent to Eastnor Castle, with fine monuments by Stuart and Scheemakers as well as Kempe and Pugin connections.

Clearly annotated 'Bosham ecclesia', this venerable old church, with its great Saxon chancel arch, is depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry.

This is not what you expect to find on the lanes of Herefordshire: a church seemingly plucked from southern Italy and plopped down beside the Wye.

The first new Catholic church built in Buckinghamshire since the Reformation, designed by the great 19th century architect, Augustus Welby Pugin.

This is a church like no other, a genuinely unique building that was the last major work of its architect, William Lethaby.