---
title: "St Mary the Virgin, Linton"
description: "Located in Linton, Herefordshire. Built Late C13 with C12 remains; late C14 tower and spire; restored 1875. Diocese of Hereford. Grade I. Medieval parish church with a ribbed stone spire style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Herefordshire","Linton","Grade I","Medieval"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-mary-virgin-linton"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:02:47.760Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T00:34:38.863Z"
location: "Linton, Herefordshire"
country: "England"
county: "Herefordshire"
town: "Linton"
address: "Church View, Linton, Herefordshire, HR9 7RX"
postcode: "HR9 7RX"
built: "Late C13 with C12 remains; late C14 tower and spire; restored 1875"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Mary"]
diocese: "Hereford"
grade: "I"
style: "Medieval parish church with a ribbed stone spire"
materials: "Sandstone rubble with tile roofs"
website: "http://www.lintonvillage.com/st-marys-church/"
openingHours: "Open every day during daylight hours."
parish: "Linton"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1167319"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# St Mary the Virgin, Linton

St Mary’s is a Grade I parish church at Church View, Linton near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, in the Diocese of Hereford: a late thirteenth-century aisled church with a late fourteenth-century tower and stone spire.

## Overview

Historic England lists a church of the late thirteenth century with twelfth-century remains and a late fourteenth-century tower with spire, restored in 1875. The fabric is sandstone rubble with tile roofs. The plan comprises a west tower, nave with north and south aisles, north porch and lower chancel. The three-stage tower has diagonal buttresses, a plain parapet, a moulded pointed west doorway, a three-light Perpendicular west window, and a stone spire with moulded ribs at the angles. The south aisle wall retains the jamb and part of the head of a twelfth-century opening. The north arcade is of three bays with plain arches.

The Royal Commission recorded the west end of the north nave wall as twelfth-century, the north aisle and arcade late twelfth-century, the south aisle, north porch and rebuilt chancel in the second half of the thirteenth century, and the west tower late fourteenth-century, when the south aisle was lengthened. The spire was repaired in 1904 and 1913. The church is open every day during daylight hours, with level access to the main areas.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1167319](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1167319)
- [Linton village: St Mary’s Church](http://www.lintonvillage.com/st-marys-church/)
- [RCHME Herefordshire: Linton by Ross](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/heref/vol2/pp119-122)