---
title: "St Mary, Fretherne"
description: "Located in Fretherne, Gloucestershire. Built Rebuilt 1847 on a C13 site; enlarged 1857–59 and 1866. Diocese of Gloucester. Grade II*. Decorated Gothic Revival style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Gloucestershire","Fretherne","Grade II*","Decorated","Francis Niblett","J W Hugall","Diocese of Gloucester"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-mary-fretherne"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:42:24.279Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-09T12:30:02.233Z"
location: "Fretherne, Gloucestershire"
country: "England"
county: "Gloucestershire"
town: "Fretherne"
address: "Arlingham Road, Fretherne, Gloucestershire, GL2 7JQ"
postcode: "GL2 7JQ"
built: "Rebuilt 1847 on a C13 site; enlarged 1857–59 and 1866"
architect: "Francis Niblett; enlarged by J W Hugall"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Mary"]
diocese: "Gloucester"
grade: "II*"
style: "Decorated Gothic Revival"
materials: "Brown sandstone with pinkish ashlar limestone dressings; decorative fishscale tiled roofs"
openingHours: "Covid19 : Following the restrictions required by the Covid19 Regulations St Mary's is now open on Wednesdays and Sundays, 9 am to 4 pm. For your safety and the safety of others, please follow all guidelines published in the church. [Normally open : Weekends and bank holidays open from 10am to 4pm. Access at other times by arrangement.]"
parish: "Fretherne St Mary the Virgin"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1154542"
gridReference: "SO 734 092"
accessNotes: "Ramp or level access available on request. Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Mary, Fretherne

St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II* parish church on Arlingham Road in Fretherne, Gloucestershire, in the Diocese of Gloucester.

## Overview

Historic England records an Anglican church rebuilt in 1847 on the site of a thirteenth-century church by Francis Niblett, enlarged in 1857–59 by J. W. Hugall, and commissioned by the Darell family. The fabric is brown sandstone with pinkish ashlar limestone dressings; roofs are mainly decorative fishscale tiles with decorative ridge tiles, pierced parapets and crocketed corner pinnacles. The style is Decorated. The plan is a nave with aisles, a porch at the west corner of the north aisle with a tower over, two south chapels and a small south-east vestry.

The three-stage tower has stepped angle buttresses, a crocketed octagonal spire and flying buttresses to the pinnacles. The interior is highly decorative, with coloured and encaustic floor tiles, a painted roof, and painting and gilding on the stonework. The four-bay nave has arch-braced collar beams; the south arcade has piers all different. Two clerestory roof lights close to the chancel arch are jettied out as oriels. Glass is mainly by George Rogers of Worcester, 1859. The south-west chapel contains thirteenth-century coffin lids. Niblett, of Haresfield, was a follower of A. W. N. Pugin; Hugall added the south aisle and chapels.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1154542](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1154542)
- [British Listed Buildings: Church of St Mary](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101154542-church-of-st-mary-fretherne-with-saul)