English Heritage sites near Stretton Sugwas Parish
PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER
1000 miles from Stretton Sugwas Parish
A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.
HALLIGGYE FOGOU
1000 miles from Stretton Sugwas Parish
Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.
INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS
1000 miles from Stretton Sugwas Parish
Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.
HARRY'S WALLS
1000 miles from Stretton Sugwas Parish
An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.
GARRISON WALLS
1000 miles from Stretton Sugwas Parish
You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.
CROMWELL'S CASTLE
1000 miles from Stretton Sugwas Parish
The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.
Churches in Stretton Sugwas Parish
Stretton Sugwas: St Mary Magdalene
Stretton Sugwas
Hereford
(01432) 353717
The church was built in 1878 after demolishing the old church due to disrepair, using the timbers from the old church as beams and they raised a tower much higher than the original and a loftier nave, entered through old Norman arches from the South door and tower. Light streams through generous windows showing up some of the treasures in stone.
The greatest of the treasure is the Samson Tympanum, as you walk in at the South door it faces you above the door to the belfry. It is a semi-circular carving of breath taking beauty, depicting Samson seated astride a lion and forcing its jaws open with bare hands. It is a brilliant example of the work of the great mediaeval sculptor known as the Chief Master , working under the patronage of Sir Ralph de Baskerville.
The incised memorial stone of Richard Greenway and his wife is built into the South Wall by the Norman font, in the old church it was laid over their grave.
The old Chancel screen was re-erected at the entrance to the Vestry, consisting of two fixed panels and double doors it shows that the Chancel Arch of the old church was quite narrow.
Samples of heraldic tiles can be seen in the Vestry
Pubs in Stretton Sugwas Parish
Travellers Rest
Creeper-clad, red brick pub, just hidden from a fairly new road junction near the new livestock market.